The Lexicographer's Dilemma

Author: Jack W. Lynch
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0802777694

The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park

In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers-those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. Download The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. The Lexicographer's Dilemma poses a pair of questions-what does proper English mean, and who gets to say what's right? Our ideas of correct or proper English have a history, and today's debates over the state of the language-whether about Ebonics in schools, the unique use of language in a South Park episode, or split infinitives in the Times-make sense only in historical context. As historian Jack Lynch has discovered, every rule has a human history, and the characters who populate his narrative are as interesting for their obsessions as for their erudition. Charting the evolution of Engl Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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