Describing Prescriptivism: Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English

By Ingrid Tieken Van Ostade and Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

Book Overview

Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in the present day. With extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, history of English and sociolinguistics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032337877
• ISBN13: 9781032337876
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"