Fixing English

Autori

• Anne Curzan

Parametri

• 208 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Linguistica
• Saggistica

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Anne Curzan demonstrates the important role prescriptivism plays in the history of the English language. Starting with a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a linguistic phenomenon, she highlights the significant role played by Microsoft's grammar checker, debates about 'real words', non-sexist language reform, and efforts to reappropriate stigmatized terms.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2016

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