FW: [lg policy] The great language change hoax

[Jonathan Lighter]

Lamarck and Lysenko. April 1.

Nice try.

JL


On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 4:51 AM, David Barnhart <dbarnhart at highlands.com>wrote:

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> Now, at age 71, I've discovered, thanks to Dennis, what I am!  I'm a
> lying, deluded, AND a godless liberal.  Bless you Dennis; I am so grateful.
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> From: "Baron, Dennis E" <debaron at illinois.edu>
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> There's a new post on the Web of Language:
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> The great language change hoax
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> Deniers of global warming, the big bang, and evolution have a new target:
> language change. Arguing that language change is just a theory, not a fact,
> they’re launching efforts to remove it from the school curriculum. To
> support their efforts, they’re citing a new report, “The Myth of Language
> Change,” presented last month at the annual conference of the Society for
> Pure English<
> http://www.pure-english.com/society-pure-english-early-20th-century-england>
> in Toronto.
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> Read the complete post at the Web of Language:  http://bit.ly/weblan
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> Dennis Baron
> Professor of English and Linguistics
> Department of English
> University of Illinois
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> http://www.illinois.edu/goto/debaron<http://illinois.edu/goto/debaron>
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