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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451725103321

Autore

Cameron Deborah <1958-, >

Titolo

Verbal hygiene / / Deborah Cameron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-34208-7

0-203-12389-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Collana

Routledge linguistics classics

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Language purism

Metalanguage

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Verbal Hygiene; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgentents; 1. On verbal hygiene; 2. Restrictive practices: the politics of style; 3. Dr Syntax and Mrs Grundy: the great grammar crusade; 4. Civility and its discontents: language and 'political correctness'; 5. The new Pygmalion: verbal hygiene for women; 6. On the state of the state of the language; Afterword; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>This reissue will include a new foreword and an afterword which will address the original need for the book and developments which have occurred since publishing the book. </P>