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Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary

Dennis E. Baron

出版	National Council of Teachers of English, 1989
主題	Language Arts & Disciplines / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & PunctuationLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / ReferenceLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics
ISBN	08141107389780814110737
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=NqhiAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

This book contains 25 essays about English words, and how they are defined, valued, and discussed. The book is divided into four sections. The first section, "Language Lore," examines some of the myths and misconceptions that affect attitudes toward language--and towards English in particular. The second section, "Language Usage," examines some specific questions of meaning and usage. Section 3, "Language Trends," examines some controversial trends in English vocabulary, and some developments too new to have received comment before. The fourth section, "Language Politics," treats several aspects of linguistic politics, from special attempts to deal with the ethnic, religious, or sex-specific elements of vocabulary to the broader issues of language both as a reflection of the public consciousness and the U.S. Constitution and as a refuge for the most private forms of expression. (MS)