The Language Wars: A History of Proper English

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 oct 2012

"Exemplary...Hitchings has created a fascinating, wholly readable, and gratifyingly informative book."---"Financial Times "(London)
The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter; often they've had more to do with morality, politics, and the values of the age than with language itself. Peopled with intriguing characters such as Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, and Lenny Bruce, "The Language Wars" is essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary state of the English language, its contested history, and its future.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781250013941
ISBN-10: 1250013941
Pagini: 408
Dimensiuni: 140 x 209 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Picador USA

Descriere

The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter, and have always really been about contesting values--morality, politics, and class. "The Language Wars" examines the present state of the conflict, its history, and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way of illuminating the present.

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Henry Hitchings

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