The fight for English : how language pundits ate, shot, and left / David Crystal.
Crystal, David, 1941-
2007
PE1075 .C79 2007 (Mapit)
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Title The fight for English : how language pundits ate, shot, and left / David Crystal.
Author Crystal, David, 1941-
ISBN 9780199229697 (pbk.)
0199229694 (pbk.)
Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Language English
Description xi, 239 p. ; 20 cm.
Call Number PE1075 .C79 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 420.9
Note Originally published: 2006.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Prologue
1. Beginnings
2. Complications
3. Variations
4. Standards
5. Reformers
6. Borrowings
7. Courtiers
8. Rustics
9. Authors
10. Censurers
11. Protectors
12. Chaos
13. Authorities
14. Change
15. Grammar
16. Appropriateness
17. Incorrectness
18. Perspicuity
19. Clarity
20. Punctuation
21. Antecedents
22. Consequences
23. Context
24. Spelling
25. Elocution
26. Pronunciation
27. Institutions
28. Education
29. Climates
30. Future
Epilogue
Notes
Index.

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