Language myths

by Bauer, Laurie Trudgill, Peter

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Title Statements

Full title :Language myths / edited by Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1998.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:London, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:1998.

The Physical Object

Description:xviii, 188 pages : : illustrations, cartes ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780140260236, 0140260234
oclc:ocn470820854
LC Classification:P106
Dewey Decimal:400

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 / Lesley 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…

Subjects

a priori -- études diverses. -- langage a priori -- études diverses. -- langue Anglais (langue) -- Usage Langage Langage et culture -- Essais Langage et langues Langage et langues -- Essais Langage et langues -- Usage Language language (general communication) Language and culture -- Testing Language and languages Language and languages -- Testing languages (study discipline) Langue Linguistics -- Testing Linguistique -- Essais Préjugé