wyszukanych pozycji: 7
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Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History
ISBN: 9781107020757 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Over the past 300 years, attempts have been made to prescribe how we should and should not use the English language. The efforts have been institutionalized in places such as usage guides, dictionaries, and school curricula. Such authorities have aspired to 'fix' the language, sometimes by keeping English exactly where it is, but also by trying to improve the current state of the language. Anne Curzan demonstrates the important role prescriptivism plays in the history of the English language, as a sociolinguistic factor in language change and as a vital meta-discourse about language. Starting...
Over the past 300 years, attempts have been made to prescribe how we should and should not use the English language. The efforts have been institution...
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606,57 |
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Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History
ISBN: 9781316604885 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Anne Curzan presents a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a linguistic phenomenon.
Anne Curzan presents a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a linguistic phenomenon.
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205,23 |
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Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares about Words
ISBN: 9780593444115 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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65,15 |
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Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words
ISBN: 9780593444092 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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111,14 |
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Studies in the History of the English Language II: Unfolding Conversations
ISBN: 9783110180978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Studies in the History of the English Language II: Unfolding Conversations contains selected papers from the SHEL-2 conference held at the University of Washington in Spring 2002. In the volume, scholars from North America and Europe address a broad spectrum of research topics in historical English linguistics, including new theories/methods such as Optimality Theory and corpus linguistics, and traditional fields such as phonology and syntax. In each of the four sections - Philology and linguistics; Corpus- and text-based studies; Constraint-based studies; Dialectology - a... Studies in the History of the English Language II: Unfolding Conversations contains selected papers from the SHEL-2 conference held at the... |
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637,19 |
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Gender Shifts in the History of English
ISBN: 9780521117265 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Based on extensive research, Anne Curzan's study makes a major contribution by providing historical perspective on controversial questions regarding the continuing evolution of gender definition. How and why did grammatical gender gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where the gender of nouns and the use of personal pronouns depend on the natural gender of the referent? How is this shift related to "irregular agreement" (she for ships) and "sexist" language use (generic he) in Modern English? Finally, how is the language continuing to evolve 0n these respects?
Based on extensive research, Anne Curzan's study makes a major contribution by providing historical perspective on controversial questions regarding t...
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259,96 |
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Gender Shifts in the History of English
ISBN: 9780521820073 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Based on extensive research, Anne Curzan's study makes a major contribution by providing historical perspective on controversial questions regarding the continuing evolution of gender definition. How and why did grammatical gender gradually disappear from English and get replaced by a system where the gender of nouns and the use of personal pronouns depend on the natural gender of the referent? How is this shift related to "irregular agreement" (she for ships) and "sexist" language use (generic he) in Modern English? Finally, how is the language continuing to evolve 0n these respects?
Based on extensive research, Anne Curzan's study makes a major contribution by providing historical perspective on controversial questions regarding t...
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cena:
487,87 |