280 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1991. Debates about the state and status of the English language are rarely debates about language alone. Closely linked to the question, what is proper English? is another, more significant social question: who are the proper English? The texts in this book have been selected to illustrate the process by which particular forms of English usage are erected and validated as... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction Language, history and the formation of cultural identity; Chapter 2 John Locke; Chapter 3 Jonathan Swift; Chapter 4 Samuel Johnson; Chapter 5 Thomas Sheridan; Chapter 6 James Buchanan; Chapter 7 Noah Webster; Chapter 8 John Walker; Chapter 9 John Pickering; Chapter 10 T. Watts; Chapter 11 Archbishop R.C. Trench; Chapter 12 Proposal; Chapter 13 G.F. Graham; Chapter 14 Henry Alford; Chapter 15 Henry James; Chapter 16 Henry Newbolt; Chapter 17 Henry Wyld; Chapter 18 A.S.C. Ross; Chapter 19 Alison Assiter; Chapter 20 John Marenbon;
Biography
Tony Crowley, University of Southampton
