Word On The Street: Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard EnglishThough there is a contingent of linguists who fight the fact, our language is always changing -- not only through slang, but sound, syntax, and words' meanings as well. Debunking the myth of "pure" standard English, tackling controversial positions, and eschewing politically correct arguments, linguist John McWhorter considers speech patterns and regional accents to demonstrate just how the changes do occur. Wielding reason and humor, McWhorter ultimately explains why we must embrace these changes, ultimately revealing our American English in all its variety, expressiveness, and power. |
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... language applicable to daily life are presented to the public, it is usually by people outside of academic linguistics in books on such broad topics as the history of English or languages of the world. Sandwiched in books like this, the ...
... language applicable to daily life are presented to the public, it is usually by people outside of academic linguistics in books on such broad topics as the history of English or languages of the world. Sandwiched in books like this, the ...
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... language, the spoken one, is full of. Indeed, writing slows language change down somewhat even on the spoken level, as writing reinforces our sense of “language” as a disembodied blueprint to be followed or flouted. English changed much ...
... language, the spoken one, is full of. Indeed, writing slows language change down somewhat even on the spoken level, as writing reinforces our sense of “language” as a disembodied blueprint to be followed or flouted. English changed much ...
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Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English John Mcwhorter. English (as shown in this figure). As we have seen ... dialect of Old English) in the fifth century. No record of the one language from which these dialects had branched off ...
Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English John Mcwhorter. English (as shown in this figure). As we have seen ... dialect of Old English) in the fifth century. No record of the one language from which these dialects had branched off ...
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Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English John Mcwhorter. Nottingham, then the English of the gameskeeper in Lady ... dialect with an army and a navy. This may be hard to swallow, so natural is it for us to think of standard English ...
Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English John Mcwhorter. Nottingham, then the English of the gameskeeper in Lady ... dialect with an army and a navy. This may be hard to swallow, so natural is it for us to think of standard English ...
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Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English John Mcwhorter. (4) standard dialects are chosen because of historical happenstance, not their intrinsic quality; and (5) there is nothing illogical about nonstandard dialects, it follows ...
Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English John Mcwhorter. (4) standard dialects are chosen because of historical happenstance, not their intrinsic quality; and (5) there is nothing illogical about nonstandard dialects, it follows ...
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