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Anne Curzan, “Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History” (Cambridge UP, 2014)
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2014-09-29 08:32:52
Description: Language change is like a river. When people tell you how to use language, and how not to use it, they’re attempting to build a dam that will put a stop to linguistic change. But all such efforts are bound…
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