Bad Language

"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.

המשפט הראשון: What does the phrase "bad language" mean to you?

שנה

2005

שפה

English

הוצאה

Oxford University Press, USA

מהדורות

2

עמודים

240

ISBN

9780195172485

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata