For this Wednesday 4/13 and Friday 4/15, please read the following book chapters, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website:
Milroy, James and Lesley Milroy. 1999. Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English, Chap. 1 (‘Prescription and Standardisation’) and Chap. 2 (‘Standard English and the Complaint Tradition’). London: Routledge.