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The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of 'Proper' English, from Shakespeare to South Park
Audio CDs in MP3 / English: MP3, 64 kb/s (2 ch) | Duration: 10:04:01 | 2013 | ISBN-10: N/A | ASIN: B00BYM8BUE
Size: 276 MB | Genre: Language
Audio CDs in MP3 / English: MP3, 64 kb/s (2 ch) | Duration: 10:04:01 | 2013 | ISBN-10: N/A | ASIN: B00BYM8BUE
Size: 276 MB | Genre: Language
In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers - those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. The Lexicographer's Dilemma poses a pair of questions: What does proper English mean? And who gets to say what's right? Our ideas of correct or proper English have a history, and today's debates over the state of the language - whether about Ebonics in schools, the unique use of language in a South Park episode, or split infinitives in the Times - make sense only in historical context. As historian Jack Lynch has discovered, every rule has a human history, and the characters who populate his narrative are as interesting for their obsessions as for their erudition. Charting the evolution of English with wit and intelligence, he provides a rich historical perspective that makes us appreciate a new the hard-won standards we now enjoy.
Jack Lynch (Author), Anthony Gettig (Narrator)
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