Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld

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Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld (1870 – 1945) was a significant English lexicographer.

Concerning Standard English, he is remembered for saying, "[it] is spoken by people of corresponding education and cultivation all over the country."[1], thus suggesting that it is tinged with social prejudice.

[edit] Bibliography

  • The teaching of reading in training colleges, 1905

[edit] References

  1. ^ Teach Yourself Linguistics by Jean Aitchinson, page 187
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