Standard and dialect English: The unacknowledged idealisation of sociolinguistics

Abstract

Sociolinguistic contributions to the recent debate on the choice of language code for educational purposes in British schools are queried on two grounds: first, because the evaluation requirement of sociolinguistics is insufficiently observed, and second because too little attention is given to the necessity for sociolinguistics to idealise, in this case to idealise non standard language use towards standard forms. An attempt is made to reconcile the conflicting normative and permissive demands. The two protagonists in the debate to whom reference is made are Peter Trudgill and John Honey.

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