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Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 20:19:49
From: Katie Laker [klaker at cambridge.org]
Subject: Fixing English: Curzan
Title: Fixing English
Subtitle: Prescriptivism and Language History
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
http://cambridge.org
Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/history-english-language/fixing-english-prescriptivism-and-language-history?format=PB
Author: Anne Curzan
Paperback: ISBN: 9781316604885 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 34.99
Paperback: ISBN: 9781316604885 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 22.99
Abstract:
Editor's note: This is a new paperback edition of a previously announced book.
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 to improve the current
state of the language. Anne Curzan demonstrates the important role
prescriptivism plays in the history of the English language, as a
sociolinguistic factor in language change and as a vital meta-discourse about
language. Starting with a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a
linguistic phenomenon, she highlights the significant role played by
Microsoft's grammar checker, debates about 'real words', non-sexist language
reform, and efforts to reappropriate stigmatized terms. Essential reading for
anyone interested in the regulation of language, the book is a fascinating
re-examination of how we tell language history.
Introduction: does prescriptivism fail?; 1. Prescriptivism's umbrella:
standards, style, restoration, and political intervention; 2. Prescriptivism's
lessons: scope and 'The history of English'; 3. Checking grammar and grammar
checkers; 4. Dictionaries and the idea of 'real words'; 5. Non-sexist language
reform and its effects; 6. Reappropriation and challenges to institutionalized
prescriptivism; 7. Finding shared ground: public conversations about
prescriptivism.
Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Written In: English (eng)
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