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Describing prescriptivism :

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Describing prescriptivism :

[Book]

usage guides and usage problems in British and American English /

Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade.

New York, NY :

Routledge,

[2019]

1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)

Includes bibliographic references and index.

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.

Taylor & Francis

9780429263088

0367207184

English language-- Standardization.

English language-- Usage.

Standard language-- Great Britain.

Standard language-- United States.

English language-- Standardization.

English language-- Usage.

LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics.

Standard language.

Great Britain.

United States.

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Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid

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