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874833
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Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid
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| Title & Author
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Describing prescriptivism : : usage guides and usage problems in British and American English /\ Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Routledge,, [2019]
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1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages)
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0429263082
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: 0429553676
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: 0429558147
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: 0429562616
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: 9780429263088
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: 9780429553677
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: 9780429558146
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: 9780429562617
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0367207184
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9780367207182
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
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| Abstract
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Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from a historical as well as present-day perspective. Focusing on usage guides and usage problems, the book takes a three-fold approach to present an in-depth analysis of the topic, featuring: a detailed study of the advice provided in usage guides over the years; an authoritative comparison of this advice with actual usage as recorded in British and American corpora, including the HUGE (Hyper Usage Guide of English) database - developed specifically to enable this line of study - as well as more mainstream corpora such as COCA, COHA and the BNC; a close analysis of the attitudes to particular usage problems among the general public, based on surveys distributed online through the "Bridging the Unbridgeable" research project's blog.* With extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, the history of English and sociolinguistics.
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English language-- Standardization.
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English language-- Usage.
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Standard language-- Great Britain.
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Standard language-- United States.
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English language-- Standardization.
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English language-- Usage.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics.
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Standard language.
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Great Britain.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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428.1
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PE1460
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