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"What is it about our country and our society that our language has become so impoverished, so sloppy and so limited?" "The Prince of Wales, 1989" "This is a good time to explore error in… Mehr…
"What is it about our country and our society that our language has become so impoverished, so sloppy and so limited?" "The Prince of Wales, 1989" "This is a good time to explore error in English usage. There is a lot of it about." "Harry Blamires" "The subject matter of English Philology possesses a strange fascination for the man in the street, but almost everything he thinks and says about it is incredibly and hopelessly wrong." "H. C. Wyld, 1921" Most of us have firm convictions about our language, as to what constitutes proper use and what is unacceptable abuse. As children we are taught a great deal about good and bad grammar, correct pronunciation and spelling, and the proper use of words. As adults we constantly encounter books, articles, and letters to newspapers opining about "proper English" and the sorry state of our language. Yet many statements we believe to be true about language are likely as not false. Much of what we have learnt about language is misdirected; little of it is useful and some may be harmful. Myths and misunderstandings are plentiful. Much that passes for insight and informed comment is palpably wrong. This books explores why it is we believe what we believe about language, and why we persist in handing down from generation to generation a rag bag collection of fact and fantasy about language. It offers a corrective to many of the unsupportable beliefs we hold about language in general and English in particular. It shows how these beliefs originated and offers suggestions for a more enlightened approach. Media > Book, [PU: Basil Blackwell]<
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"What is it about our country and our society that our language has become so impoverished, so sloppy and so limited?" "The Prince of Wales, 1989" "This is a good time to explore error in English usage. There is a lot of it about." "Harry Blamires" "The subject matter of English Philology possesses a strange fascination for the man in the street, but almost everything he thinks and says about it is incredibly and hopelessly wrong." "H. C. Wyld, 1921" Most of us have firm convictions about our language, as to what constitutes proper use and what is unacceptable abuse. As children we are taught a great deal about good and bad grammar, correct pronunciation and spelling, and the proper use of words. As adults we constantly encounter books, articles, and letters to newspapers opining about "proper English" and the sorry state of our language. Yet many statements we believe to be true about language are likely as not false. Much of what we have learnt about language is misdirected; little of it is useful and some may be harmful. Myths and misunderstandings are plentiful. Much that passes for insight and informed comment is palpably wrong. This books explores why it is we believe what we believe about language, and why we persist in handing down from generation to generation a rag bag collection of fact and fantasy about language. It offers a corrective to many of the unsupportable beliefs we hold about language in general and English in particular. It shows how these beliefs originated and offers suggestions for a more enlightened approach. Media > Book, [PU: Basil Blackwell]<
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This books explores what we believe about language, and why we persist in handing down from generation to generation an odd collection of fact and fantasy about language. It offers a corrective to many of the unsupportable beliefs we hold about language in general and English in particular. It shows how these beliefs originated and offers suggestions for a more enlightened approach.
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EAN (ISBN-13): 9780631212690 ISBN (ISBN-10): 0631212698 Taschenbuch Erscheinungsjahr: 1999 Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons 208 Seiten Gewicht: 0,308 kg Sprache: eng/Englisch
Buch in der Datenbank seit 2007-06-27T17:13:56+02:00 (Zurich) Detailseite zuletzt geändert am 2023-01-23T10:59:32+01:00 (Zurich) ISBN/EAN: 9780631212690
ISBN - alternative Schreibweisen: 0-631-21269-8, 978-0-631-21269-0 Alternative Schreibweisen und verwandte Suchbegriffe: Autor des Buches: wardhaugh Titel des Buches: myths english language, the language myth
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