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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade |
ISBN: | 9780198808206 0198808208 |
OCLC Number: | 1041427835 |
Description: | 216 p. |
Contents: | 1: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade: Introduction2: Robin Straaijer: The usage guide: Evolution of a genre3: Pam Peters: The lexicography of English usage4: Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade: The King's English by Kingsley Amis: A publisher's project5: Rebecca Gowers: Even more complete plain words6: David Crystal: Punch as a satirical usage guide7: Morana Lukac: From usage guides to language blogs8: John Allen: Why does the BBC need a style guide?9: Carmen Ebner: Attitudes to British usage10: Viktorija Kostadinova: Usage problems in American English11: Geoffrey K. Pullum: The usage game: Catering for pervertsReferencesIndex |
Responsibility: | edited by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. |
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In sum, these essays portray both the current obsession with usage guides and the ultimate futility of trying to police language usage. Accessible surveys, charts, and graphs appear throughout ... Highly recommended. * CHOICE * Read more...
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