Describing Prescriptivism

Describing Prescriptivism
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 9780429558146
ISBN-13 : 0429558147
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Book Synopsis Describing Prescriptivism by : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Download or read book Describing Prescriptivism written by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from a historical as well as present-day perspective. Focusing on usage guides and usage problems, the book takes a three-fold approach to present an in-depth analysis of the topic, featuring: a detailed study of the advice provided in usage guides over the years; an authoritative comparison of this advice with actual usage as recorded in British and American corpora, including the HUGE (Hyper Usage Guide of English) database – developed specifically to enable this line of study – as well as more mainstream corpora such as COCA, COHA and the BNC; a close analysis of the attitudes to particular usage problems among the general public, based on surveys distributed online through the "Bridging the Unbridgeable" research project’s blog.* With extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, the history of English and sociolinguistics. *Found at https://bridgingtheunbridgeable.com/


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