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Taylor & Francis Ltd Describing Prescriptivism Usage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Describing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from a historical as well as present-day perspective. Focusing on usage guides and usage problems, the book takes a three-fold approach to present an in-depth analysis of the topic, featuring: _x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_a detailed study of the advice provided in usage guides over the years;_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_an authoritative comparison of this advice with actual usage as recorded in British and American corpora, including the HUGE (Hyper Usage Guide of English) database - developed specifically to enable this line of study - as well as more mainstream corpora such as COCA, COHA and the BNC;_x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_a close analysis of the attitudes to particular usage problems among the general public, based on surveys distributed online through the "Bridging the Unbridgeable" research project's blog.*_x000D__x000D_With extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, the history of English and sociolinguistics._x000D__x000D_*Found at https://bridgingtheunbridgeable.com/_x000D_show more