The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?

by Dennis Baron

Book Overview

Should the United States declare English its official language? The "English-only" question, which has plagued American citizens since the founding of the country, has once again become the focus of heated debate, with an English Language Amendment to the Constitution pending in Congress since 1981. In this lively and engrossing book, an often-quoted authority on the English language provides the first comprehensive, historically based discussion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300056605
• ISBN13: 9780300056600
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"