Playback machines and accessories provided on free loan to eligible individuals and institutions

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910705239903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Collana: NLS factsheets
• Soggetti: Libraries and people with disabilities - United States; Blind, Apparatus for the; Equipment and supplies; Libraries and people with disabilities; Periodicals.; United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

Bad language : are some words better than others? / / Edwin L. Battistella

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954849303321
• Autore: Battistella Edwin L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0-19-988383-1; 0-19-533745-X; 9786610428069; 1-4237-3412-2; 1-60256-499-X; 1-280-42806-6; 0-19-972141-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 417/.2
• Soggetti: Slang; Swearing; Sociolinguistics; English language - Slang; English language - Social aspects; Anglès; Argot; Sociolingüística; Llibres electrònics
• 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: Contents; One: Bad Language: Realism versus Relativism; Two: Bad Writing; Three: Bad Grammar; Four: Bad Words; Five: Bad Citizens; Six: Bad Accents; Seven: Images and Engagement; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Examining debates over relativism in language, Battistella argues that we should view language as made up of alternative forms of regularity & orderliness, which require informed engagement with usage.