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The fight for English : how language pundits ate, shot, and left / David Crystal.
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019920764X (hbk.)
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Crystal, David, 1941-
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The fight for English : how language pundits ate, shot, and left / David Crystal.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description
xi, 239 p. ; 20 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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. Perspicuity -- 19. Clarity -- 20. Punctuation -- 21. Antecedents -- 22. Consequences -- 23. Context -- 24. Spelling -- 25. Elocution -- 26. Pronunciation -- 27. Institutions -- 28. Education -- 29. Climates -- 30. Future.
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"Angst over the apostrophe and hysteria over hyphens: the English language has become a combat zone. Why are people so passionate about language? How has the fighting over English usage come about?" "David Crystal charts the clashes from Anglo-Saxon times via the language of Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson to our own time of texting and the greengrocer's apostrophe. While others have fought to impose their views on spelling and grammar, David Crystal - as ever scholarly yet entertaining - explains why we should say no to zero tolerance."--BOOK JACKET.
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English language -- Usage
English language -- History
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