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Grammar Matters

The Social Significance of How We Use Language

November 15, 2010 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781894037440
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Description

It is hard to find someone who doesn't have a pet peeve about language. The act of bemoaning the decline of language has become something of a cottage industry. High profile, self-appointed language police worry that new forms of popular media are contributing to sloppiness, imprecision, and a general disregard for the rules of grammar and speech.

Within linguistics the term "prescriptivism" is used to refer to the judgements that people make about language based on the idea that some forms and uses of language are correct and others incorrect. This book argues that prescriptivism is unfounded at its very core, and explores why it is, nevertheless, such a popular position. In doing so it addresses the politics of language: what prescriptivist positions about language use reveal about power, authority, and various social prejudices.

About this Author

Jila Ghomeshi is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba.

ISBN: 9781894037440
Format: Trade paperback
Series: Semaphore
Pages: 104
Publisher: ARP Books
Published: 2010-11-15

Reviews

I am whole-heartedly in favour of Ghomeshi's fascinating, accessible and well-organized argument. Her book is a call for liberation from the inherent judgments of prescriptivism; such self-reflection should be encouraged.--Britt Embry, The Univer

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