[PDF.73bg] Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation

Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation

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 | #527588 in Books |  2014-06-03 |  2014-06-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.94 x5.88l,.85 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||26 of 27 people found the following review helpful.| A fun debunking of "proper" speech|By John E. Mack|There are two schools of thought among lexicographers and grammarians -- prescriptivists and descriptivists. The prescriptivists think that their profession includes guidance on speaking and writing "proper" English. The descriptivists believe that their job is just to describe how English is actually used. Most lexicograp| |"Language is funny, and so is Ammon Shea. His excellent new book tours our irrational prejudices about language, showing that an appreciation for the quirks and ironies of language history can put our understanding on a firmer basis and restore our sense of hu

The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language “mistakes” and how they came to be accepted as correct—or not.

English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or just plain wrong.

Whether you co...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation   |  Ammon Shea. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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