Bad Language
Edwin L. Battistella · 2005
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About the book
"Examining grammar and style, cursing, slang, political correctness, regional and ethnic dialects, and foreign accents and language mixing, Battistella discusses the strong feelings evoked by language variation, from objections to the pronunciation NU-cu-lar to complaints about bilingual education. He explains the natural desire for uniformity in writing and speaking and traces the association of mainstream norms to ideas about refinement, intelligence, education, character, national unity, and political values. Battistella argues that none of these qualities is inherently connected to language."--Jacket.
First sentence: What does the phrase "bad language" mean to you?
Book details
- Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780195172485
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