Bad Language - Couverture rigide

Andersson, Lars-Gunnar; Trudgill, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631178724 ISBN 13 : 9780631178729

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1990

Synopsis

Generations of school teachers have railed bitterly against the bad grammar and slovenly pronunciation of their pupils. Parents have for decades bemoaned the swearing and sloppy diction of their children. Public figures become enraged about jargon and linguistic corruption in the nation's press. Employers deplore the inarticulacy and limited vocabularies of their staff. And everyone knows that spelling and punctuation are not what they were. What is all this complaining about? Why do otherwise sane people become so apoplectic about other people's language? What are the roots of this linuistic prejudice? The authors of this book take a dispassionate look at negative attitudes to language use and try to account for the various types of hostility. They argue that most types of "bad" language have their place, and should be seen as valuable parts of the nation's linguistic repertoire. Linguistic discrimination, they suggest, should be no more acceptable in an enlightened and tolerant society than discrimination on grounds of race or sex. The work is aimed at undergraduates and specialists in English language and linguistics and the general reader.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631178724
• ISBN 13: 9780631178729
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible