UID:
almahu_9949385968402882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)
ISBN:
9780429553677
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0429553676
,
9780429263088
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0429263082
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9780429562617
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0429562616
,
9780429558146
,
0429558147
Content:
Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from a historical as well as present-day perspective. Focusing on usage guides and usage problems, the book takes a three-fold approach to present an in-depth analysis of the topic, featuring: a detailed study of the advice provided in usage guides over the years; an authoritative comparison of this advice with actual usage as recorded in British and American corpora, including the HUGE (Hyper Usage Guide of English) database - developed specifically to enable this line of study - as well as more mainstream corpora such as COCA, COHA and the BNC; a close analysis of the attitudes to particular usage problems among the general public, based on surveys distributed online through the "Bridging the Unbridgeable" research project's blog.* With extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, the history of English and sociolinguistics.
Note:
Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The origin of the usage guide Chapter 3. The usage guide - and the HUGE database Chapter 4. The writers and the publishers Chapter 5. Usage problems: pet linguistic peeves Chapter 6. The language of prescriptivism Chapter 7. Public awareness of prescriptivism Chapter 8. The end of prescriptivism? Appendix 1. Feedback on a blogpost (January 2015) Appendix 2. Usage problems in the HUGE database Appendix 3. Usage guide writers interviewed Appendix 4. Usage guide writers' credentials Appendix 5. The metalinguistic categories from Sundby et al. (1991) References Index
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780367207182
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0367207184
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429263088.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429263088
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