Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?
Edwin L. Battistella
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Description for Bad Language: Are Some Words Better Than Others?
paperback. Is today's language at an all-time low? Edwin Battistella argues that it is wrong to think of slang, regional dialects and nonstandard grammar as simply breaking the rules of good English. Reexamining debates over relativism in language, Battistella argues that we should view language as made up of alternative forms of regularity and orderliness, which require informed engagement with usage. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 285.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
ISBN
9780195337457
SKU
V9780195337457
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99-2
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