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Fixing English

Auteur: Curzan, Anne (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Editeur: Cambridge University Press
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.
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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 / EAN 9781316604885
Auteur Curzan, Anne (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Editeur Cambridge University Press