Describing prescriptivism usage guides and usage problems in British and American English / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade.

Author/creator Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Routledge, [2019]
Descriptionpages cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
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Contents Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The origin of the usage guide -- 3. The usage guide and the HUGE database -- 4. The writers and the publishers -- 5. Usage problems: Pet linguistic peeves -- 6. The language of prescriptivism -- 7. Public awareness of prescriptivism -- 8. The end of prescriptivism? -- Appendix 1. Feedback on a blogpost (January 2015) -- Appendix 2. Usage problems in the HUGE database -- Appendix 3. Usage guide writers interviewed -- Appendix 4. Usage guide writers' credentials -- Appendix 5. The metalinguistic categories from Sundby et al. (1991) -- References -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019017175
ISBN9780367207182 (hardback)
ISBN9780429263088 (e-book)

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