FW: [lg policy] The great language change hoax

David Barnhart dbarnhart at HIGHLANDS.COM
Mon Apr 1 08:51:01 UTC 2013


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From: David Barnhart [mailto:dbarnhart at highlands.com]
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 4:47 AM
To: 'Dave Sayers'
Subject: RE: [lg policy] The great language change hoax

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.

DKB

Barnhart at highlands.com

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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:54:45 +0000
From: "Baron, Dennis E" <debaron at illinois.edu>
Subject: [lg policy] The great language change hoax
To: wpa <wpa-l at asu.edu>, language language policy
        <lgpolicy-list at groups.sas.upenn.edu>, "Baron, Dennis E"
        <debaron at illinois.edu>
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There's a new post on the Web of Language:

The great language change hoax

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.

Read the complete post at the Web of Language:  http://bit.ly/weblan




Dennis Baron
Professor of English and Linguistics
Department of English
University of Illinois
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801

office: 217-305-0067
fax: 217-333-4321

http://www.illinois.edu/goto/debaron<http://illinois.edu/goto/debaron>

read the Web of Language:
http://www.illinois.edu/goto/weboflanguage<http://illinois.edu/goto/weboflanguage>

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