Fixing English

Autor*innen

• Anne Curzan

Parameter

• 208 Seiten
• 8 Lesestunden

• Linguistik
• Sachliteratur

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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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Einband: Paperback