You are What you Speak : : Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity
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Babel and the damage done : language and myth -- A brief history of sticklers : in the trenches with the grammar grouches -- Another way to love language : the insights of linguistics -- More equal than others : how all languages can express almost everything -- Welcome to X. Now speak Xish : language and nationalism -- Insubordinate clauses : the folly of legislating language rules -- The Microsoft and Apple of languages : America, France, and languages in competition -- Clouds, not boxes : and other better ways of thinking about language.
An international correspondent for "The Economist" draws on his years of experience to analyze the symbiotic relationship between language and politics, providing insight into inherent tendencies toward prejudice.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Delacorte Press, c2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xx, 312 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780553807875
0553807870
SUBJECTS
Historical linguistics.