Anne Curzan (Ann Arbor University of Michigan)

Fixing English

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Produktbeschreibung

Anne Curzan demonstrates the important role prescriptivism plays in the history of the English 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781316604885
• ISBN-10: 1316604888
• Artikelnr.: 44889096

Autorenporträt

Anne Curzan is Professor of English in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

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.