ISBN:
9780203123898
,
9781136342035
,
9781136342073
,
9781136342080
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 296 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Routledge linguistics classics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Cameron, Deborah, 1958 - Verbal hygiene
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Language purism
;
Metalanguage
;
Soziolinguistik
;
Language purism
;
Metalanguage
;
Electronic books
;
Soziolinguistik
;
Sprachnorm
;
Sprachpflege
;
Political Correctness
Abstract:
1. On verbal hygiene -- 2. Restrictive practices : the politics of style -- 3. Dr Syntax and Mrs Grundy : the great grammar crusade -- 4. Civility and its discontents : language and 'political correctness' -- 5. The new Pygmalion : verbal hygiene for women -- 6. On the state of the state of the language.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [276]-286) and indexes
DOI:
10.4324/9780203123898
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