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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40395530 Title: The workings of language : from prescriptions to perspectives Author: Rebecca S Wheeler Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0275962458 9780275962456 0275962466 9780275962463 OCLC:40395530

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The workings of language : from prescriptions to perspectives

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The workings of language : from prescriptions to perspectives

Author:	Rebecca S Wheeler
Publisher:	Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Workings of language. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1999 (OCoLC)607371525
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Rebecca S Wheeler Find more information about:
ISBN:	0275962458 9780275962456 0275962466 9780275962463
OCLC Number:	40395530
Description:	xvi, 250 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	The language mavens / Steven Pinker -- North American varieties of English as byproducts of population contacts / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- African American vernacular English is not standard English with mistakes / Geoffrey K. Pullum -- Home speech as springboard to school speech : Oakland's commendable work on Ebonics / Rebecca S. Wheeler -- Southern mountain English : the language of the Ozarks and Southern Appalachia / Bethany K. Dumas -- On the other hand : American sign language, signed Englishes, and other visual language systems / Lynn S. Messing -- "From out in left field? That's not cricket" : finding a focus for the language curriculum / David Crystal -- Investigating English around the world : the international corpus of English / Gerald Nelson and Bas Aarts -- Speaking of America : why English-only is a bad idea / Geoffrey Nunberg -- Language loss, our loss / Mari Rhydwen -- Metaphor, morality, and politics : or, why conservatives have left liberals in the dust / George Lakoff -- Language as a weapon of hate / Rae A. Moses -- Language and the news media : five facts about the fourth estate / Colleen Cotter -- Life on Mars : language and the instruments of invention / Mark Turner and Gilles Fauconnier -- Laughing at and laughing with : the linguistics of humor and humor in literature / Victor Raskin -- Women and men in conversation / Deborah Tannen -- Breaking mythical bonds : African American women's language / Denise Troutman.
Responsibility:	edited by Rebecca S. Wheeler.

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