03015nam 2200637 a 450 991082899090332120240514042529.01-283-31450-9978661331450590-272-8143-2(CKB)2550000000049985(EBL)784340(OCoLC)756484646(SSID)ssj0000640724(PQKBManifestationID)11404071(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640724(PQKBWorkID)10613127(PQKB)11101492(MiAaPQ)EBC784340(Au-PeEL)EBL784340(CaPaEBR)ebr10509473(EXLCZ)99255000000004998520780607d1977 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe role of prescriptivism in American linguistics, 1820-1970 /Glendon F. Drake1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins19771 online resource (140 p.)Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series 3, Studies in the history of linguistics ;v. 13Description based upon print version of record.90-272-0954-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXThe 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.Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science.Series III,Studies in the history of linguistics ;v. 13.LinguisticsResearchUnited StatesHistoryEnglish languageStandardizationEnglish languageUnited StatesSociolinguisticsLinguisticsResearchHistory.English languageStandardization.English languageSociolinguistics.400Drake Glendon F172593MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828990903321Role of prescriptivism in american linguistics487137UNINA