Anne Curzan

Fixing English

Prescriptivism and Language History

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Produktbeschreibung

Anne Curzan presents a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a linguistic phenomenon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9781107020757
• ISBN-10: 1107020751
• Artikelnr.: 40844486

Autorenporträt

Anne Curzan is Professor of English in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: does prescriptivism fail?
1. Prescriptivism's umbrella: standards, style, restoration, and political intervention
2. Prescriptivism's lessons: scope and 'The history of English'
3. Checking grammar and grammar checkers
4. Dictionaries and the idea of 'real words'
5. Non-sexist language reform and its effects
6. Reappropriation and challenges to institutionalized prescriptivism
7. Finding shared ground: public conversations about prescriptivism.