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Language and Human Nature by Mark Halpern (Paperback - Aug 31, 2008)
Editorial Reviews
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". . . iconoclastic, gutsy and deliciously provocative... Read it and think." -- William Safire, "On Language" columnist for the New York Times
"The first thorough discussion of the pros and cons of this debate [between prescriptivists and descriptivists]." -- Jacques Barzun --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Language & Human Nature shows how faults in language usage, far from being merely irritants to pedants and esthetes, are often both causes and effects of serious public problems, and explores the strange role that linguistics plays in this turbulent scene. It argues that language change is very different from what linguists suppose, and in doing this it takes issue with Orwell on the rules of good writing, with Chomsky on why children pick up language quickly, with H. P. Lovecraft on the origin of Cthulhu, and with all who speak of linguistic laws, and claim that linguistics is or can be a science. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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". . . iconoclastic, gutsy and deliciously provocative... Read it and think." -- William Safire, "On Language" columnist for the New York Times
"The first thorough discussion of the pros and cons of this debate [between prescriptivists and descriptivists]." -- Jacques Barzun --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Product Description
Language & Human Nature shows how faults in language usage, far from being merely irritants to pedants and esthetes, are often both causes and effects of serious public problems, and explores the strange role that linguistics plays in this turbulent scene. It argues that language change is very different from what linguists suppose, and in doing this it takes issue with Orwell on the rules of good writing, with Chomsky on why children pick up language quickly, with H. P. Lovecraft on the origin of Cthulhu, and with all who speak of linguistic laws, and claim that linguistics is or can be a science. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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