Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English

Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from...
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Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon Van Ostade
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English by Van Ostade, Ingrid Tieken-Boon

Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English

€126,64

Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English

€126,64
Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon Van Ostade
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

*Found at https: //bridgingtheunbridgeable.com/



Author: Ingrid Tieken-Boon Van Ostade
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 06/13/2022
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781032337876

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