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Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History
Fixing English Prescriptivism and Language History
Author: Anne Curzan
Over the past 300 years, attempts have been made to prescribe how we should and should not use the English language. The efforts have been institutionalized in places such as usage guides, dictionaries, and school curricula. Such authorities have aspired to 'fix' the language, sometimes by keeping English exactly where it is, but also by trying ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781107020757
ISBN-10: 1107020751
Publication Date: 5/8/2014
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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