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The language wars : a history of proper English / Henry Hitchings.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hitchings, Henry, 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Usage.
- English language.
- English language--History.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 408 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : John Murray, 2011.
- Summary:
- The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter, and have always really been about contesting values--morality, politics, and class. "The Language Wars" examines the present state of the conflict, its history, and its future. Above all, it uses the past as a way of illuminating the present.
- ISBN:
- 9781848542082
- 1848542089
- OCLC:
- 664325482
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