| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
viii, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-313) and index. |
| Contents |
Vulgarities of speech: homo sapiens learns to speak -- The age in which I live: John Dryden revises his works -- Proper words in proper places: Jonathan Swift demands an academy -- Enchaining syllables, lashing the wind: Samuel Johnson lays down the law -- The art of using words properly: Joseph Priestley seeks genuine and established principles -- The people in these states: Noah Webster Americanizes the language -- Words, words, words: James Murray surveys anglicity -- The taste and fancy of the speller: George Bernard Shaw rewrites the ABCs -- Direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid: Henry Watson Fowler shows the way -- Sabotage in Springfield: Philip Gove stokes the flames -- Expletive deleted: George Carlin vexes the censors -- Grammar, and nonsense, and learning: we look to the future. |
| Subject |
English language -- Lexicography.
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English language -- History.
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English language -- Style.
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English language -- Usage.
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| ISBN |
9780802717009 |
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0802717004 |
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