First published in 1991, An Uncommon Tongue explores the theme of usage in its widest sense: usage as what we say or write; usage as a social question; usage as a literary convention; usage and creativity.
First published in 1991, An Uncommon Tongue explores the theme of usage in its widest sense: usage as what we say or write; usage as a social question; usage as a literary convention; usage and creativity.
Preface 1: Standards and Stuff 2: Usage, Users and the Used 3: The Difficulty of Explaining: A Word or Two about Dictionaries 4: Our True Intent: Or What's the Point of Punctuation? 5: The Possibilities of Paraphrase 6: On Parody: A Discourse with Interludes 7: The Meanings of Metadiscourse 8: On Writing Well 9: Composition and Creativeness 10: Historic Event, Creative Effort: The Making of a Dramatic Poem 11: English: A Global Resource? Appendix A Appendix B Notes Index
Preface; 1: Standards and Stuff; 2: Usage, Users and the Used; 3: The Difficulty of Explaining: A Word or Two about Dictionaries; 4: Our True Intent: Or What's the Point of Punctuation?; 5: The Possibilities of Paraphrase; 6: On Parody: A Discourse with Interludes; 7: The Meanings of Metadiscourse; 8: On Writing Well; 9: Composition and Creativeness; 10: Historic Event, Creative Effort: The Making of a Dramatic Poem; 11: English: A Global Resource?; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Index
Preface 1: Standards and Stuff 2: Usage, Users and the Used 3: The Difficulty of Explaining: A Word or Two about Dictionaries 4: Our True Intent: Or What's the Point of Punctuation? 5: The Possibilities of Paraphrase 6: On Parody: A Discourse with Interludes 7: The Meanings of Metadiscourse 8: On Writing Well 9: Composition and Creativeness 10: Historic Event, Creative Effort: The Making of a Dramatic Poem 11: English: A Global Resource? Appendix A Appendix B Notes Index
Preface; 1: Standards and Stuff; 2: Usage, Users and the Used; 3: The Difficulty of Explaining: A Word or Two about Dictionaries; 4: Our True Intent: Or What's the Point of Punctuation?; 5: The Possibilities of Paraphrase; 6: On Parody: A Discourse with Interludes; 7: The Meanings of Metadiscourse; 8: On Writing Well; 9: Composition and Creativeness; 10: Historic Event, Creative Effort: The Making of a Dramatic Poem; 11: English: A Global Resource?; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Index
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