Fixing English

Anne (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Curzan

Cambridge University Press, 2014

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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.

ISBN-13
9781107020757
ISBN-10
1107020751
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Publication date
2014-05-08
Pages
208
Dimensions
236x159x17
Weight
428