Word On The Street: Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard EnglishBasic Books, 2009 M03 6 - 302 páginas Though 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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... simply never allowed such errors in the house. Every other month, The Atlantic Monthly runs a column called “Word Court” in which people are told to “resist” the use of impact as a verb or that the plural of holeinone is “properly ...
... simply never allowed such errors in the house. Every other month, The Atlantic Monthly runs a column called “Word Court” in which people are told to “resist” the use of impact as a verb or that the plural of holeinone is “properly ...
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... simply the noble passage of history, we see “bayuhd” as a quaint localism, an odd habit Philadelphians have fallen into perhaps because of the overcrowding of urban living or having to shout over traffic. In fact, however, we can be ...
... simply the noble passage of history, we see “bayuhd” as a quaint localism, an odd habit Philadelphians have fallen into perhaps because of the overcrowding of urban living or having to shout over traffic. In fact, however, we can be ...
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... simply drift. For example, Modern English uses the word to with verbs in a neutral form called the infinitive, used as in He began to sing. In Old English, however, the ancestor of the word to was not used in this way. An infinitive ...
... simply drift. For example, Modern English uses the word to with verbs in a neutral form called the infinitive, used as in He began to sing. In Old English, however, the ancestor of the word to was not used in this way. An infinitive ...
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... simply wearing out like an old car. Anthropologists report no society in which communication is impossible in the dark because the local dialect has become so mushmouthed and senseless that it can only be spoken with help from hand ...
... simply wearing out like an old car. Anthropologists report no society in which communication is impossible in the dark because the local dialect has become so mushmouthed and senseless that it can only be spoken with help from hand ...
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... simply from our using the wrong analogy, thinking of a language as clockworks rather than a lava lamp. No language has ever been recorded as grinding itself down to dust. Like lava lamps, languages simply pass from one beautiful stage ...
... simply from our using the wrong analogy, thinking of a language as clockworks rather than a lava lamp. No language has ever been recorded as grinding itself down to dust. Like lava lamps, languages simply pass from one beautiful stage ...
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