The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left

The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left


Yazar David Crystal
Yayınevi OUP Oxford
ISBN 9780199229697
Baskı yılı 2007
Sayfa sayısı 252
Ağırlık 0.40 kg
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Lynne Trusss Eats, Shoots and Leaves injected new life into the long-standing arguments over rights and wrongs in English usage. Now David Crystal brings together his own distinctive style and unique expertise to provide the first thorough-going assessmen
1. Beginnings; 2. Complications; 3. Variations; 4. Standards; 5. Reformers; 6. Borrowings; 7. Courtiers; 8. Rustics; 9. Authors; 10. Censurers; 11. Protectors; 12. Chaos; 13. Authorities; 14. Change; 15. Grammar; 16. Appropriateness; 17. Incorrectness; 18