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ERIC Number: EJ061164
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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Dead English
Seabrook, Jeremy
Integrated Education, 10, 4, 60-64, Jul-Aug 72
Contends that the language of the suburbia--the language of the British middle class--is a dead language, because it has so few sources of contemporary enrichment and vitality, and because it is derivative and unoriginal and relies heavily on an imagery that stems from obsolete popular speech. (RJ)
Descriptors: English, Figurative Language, Imagery, Language Research, Middle Class, Middle Class Standards, Middle English, Old English, Social Dialects, Social Structure
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