OED news -- two new books about English

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 21, 2006, at 8:45 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

> From the OED (I assume many here have seen this, but if not, the
> subtitle of the second book below is amusing):
>
> Two new books from Oxford University Press focus on the history of
> the language and our battles to control it.
> The Oxford History of English, edited by Lynda Mugglestone
>
> The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left, by
> David Crystal: ...

the first is available through OUP-US, the second not (yet).

arnold

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