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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828990903321

Autore

Drake Glendon F

Titolo

The role of prescriptivism in American linguistics, 1820-1970 / / Glendon F. Drake

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1977

ISBN

1-283-31450-9

9786613314505

90-272-8143-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series 3, Studies in the history of linguistics ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Linguistics - Research - United States - History

English language - Standardization

English language - United States

Sociolinguistics

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

THE ROLE OF PRESCRIPTIVISMIN AMERICAN LINGUISTICS1820-1970; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; 1.0 INTRODUCTION; 2.0 THE CHALLENGE TO PRESCRIPTIVISM: 1820-1851; 3.0 THE REVIVAL OF PRESCRIPTIVISM: 1851-1875; 4.0 THE PERSISTENCE OF THE PRESCRIPTIVE NOTION: THE 20TH CENTURY; 5.0 THE DICTIONARY WAR; 6.0 BLACK ENGLlSH AND ThE AMERICAN DREAM; 7.0 CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The phenomenon of absolutist, prescriptive correctness is persistent and pervasive in the linguistic through of educated and intelligent citizens of the United States. This volume is not only and attempt to gain some understanding of the source, nature, and operation of the prescriptive attitude, but also to examine it in the light of what Einar Haugen (1972) has called the 'ecology of language', that is, the relationship between language attitudes and other social and cultural behavior.