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Bailey, Richard W.

 
9780472102839: Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language
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ISBN 10 : 0472102834 ISBN 13 : 9780472102839
Editeur : The University of Michigan Press, 1992

Synopsis

Book by Bailey Richard W

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Images of English was the first book to focus exclusively on opinions about the language as they have evolved through time. Through the use of abundant quotations, Richard Bailey lets voices from the past speak to our present assumptions and challenges the notion of English triumphalism throughout the world and the ages. The book offers a unique historical perspective on attitudes towards the language. We see that journalists who fill anxious columns on slow news-days with fulminations on linguistic deterioration are embellishing centuries of complaint; that women who campaign for a language free of patriarchy and suited to themselves express a yearning first conveyed long ago; that teachers who recommend the vigour of Anglo-Saxon words are sustaining an idea that emerged four hundred years ago in notions about racial purity.

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Éditeur
The University of Michigan Press
Date d'édition
1992
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0472102834
ISBN 13 
9780472102839
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
344
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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