Language myths

著者

• Bauer, Laurie
• Trudgill, Peter

書誌事項

Language myths

edited by Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill

（Penguin books）

Penguin, 1998

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury andThe Wizard of Id to illustrate some of the points. The book should have a wide readership not only amongst students who want to read leading linguists writing about popular misconceptions but also amongst the large number of people who enjoy reading about language in general.

目次

A Note on the ContributorsIntroduction Myth 1: The Meanings of Words Should Not be Allowed to Vary or Change: Peter Trudgill Myth 2: Some Languages Are Just Not Good Enough: Ray Harlow Myth 3: The Media Are Ruining English: Jean Aitchison Myth 4: French is a Logical Language: Anthony Lodge Myth 5: English Spelling is Kattastroffik: Edward Carney Myth 6: Women Talk Too Much: Janet Holmes Myth 7: Some Languages Are Harder than Others: Lars-Gunnar Andersson Myth 8: Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Any More: James Milroy Myth 9: In the Appalachians They Speak like Shakespeare: Michael Montgomery Myth 10: Some Languages Have No Grammar: Winifred Bauer Myth 11: Italian is Beautiful, German is Ugly: Howard Giles and Nancy Niedzielski Myth 12: Bad Grammar is Slovenly: Leslie Milroy Myth 13: Black Children are Verbally Deprived: Walt Wolfram Myth 14: Double Negatives Are Illogical: Jenny Cheshire Myth 15: TV Makes People Sound the Same: J. K. Chambers Myth 16: You Shouldn't Say "It Is Me" because "Me" is Accusative: Laurie Bauer Myth 17: They Speak Really Bad English Down South and in New York City: Dennis R. Preston Myth 18: Some Languages Are Spoken More Quickly than Others: Peter Roach Myth 19: Aborigines Speak a Primitive Lanugage: Nicholas Evans Myth 20: Everyone Has an Accent Except Me: John H. Esling Myth 21: America is Ruining the English Language: John Algeo Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA38882755
• ISBN:
  • 9780140260236
• LCCN: 00266856
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 188 p.
• 大きさ: 20 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 306.44
  • LCC : P106
  • DC21 : 400
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Language and languages
  • LCSH : English language
  • LCSH : Linguistic change
  • LCSH : Language and culture
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00474814