The workings of language : from prescriptions to perspectives
Eminent linguists tell the real stories behind prescriptivism, dialects, American Sign Language, the English-Only movement, language and politics, media communication, and other topics concerning language in society
xvi, 250 pages ; 25 cm
9780275962456, 9780275962463, 0275962458, 0275962466
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The language mavens / Steven Pinker
North American varieties of English as byproducts of population contacts / Salikoko S. Mufwene
African American vernacular English is not standard English with mistakes / Geoffrey K. Pullum
Home speech as springboard to school speech : Oakland's commendable work on Ebonics / Rebecca S. Wheeler
Southern mountain English : the language of the Ozarks and Southern Appalachia / Bethany K. Dumas
On the other hand : American sign language, signed Englishes, and other visual language systems / Lynn S. Messing
"From out in left field? That's not cricket" : finding a focus for the language curriculum / David Crystal
Investigating English around the world : the international corpus of English / Gerald Nelson and Bas Aarts
Speaking of America : why English-only is a bad idea / Geoffrey Nunberg
Language loss, our loss / Mari Rhydwen
Metaphor, morality, and politics : or, why conservatives have left liberals in the dust / George Lakoff
Language as a weapon of hate / Rae A. Moses
Language and the news media : five facts about the fourth estate / Colleen Cotter
Life on Mars : language and the instruments of invention / Mark Turner and Gilles Fauconnier
Laughing at and laughing with : the linguistics of humor and humor in literature / Victor Raskin
Women and men in conversation / Deborah Tannen
Breaking mythical bonds : African American women's language / Denise Troutman