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Author:

Lynch, Jack (John T.)

Title:

The lexicographer's dilemma : the evolution of "proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park / Jack Lynch.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Walker & Co.,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

viii, 326 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

English language--Lexicography.
English language--History.
English language--Style.
English language--Usage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-313) and index.

Contents:

Vulgarities of speech: homo sapiens learns to talk -- The age in which I live: John Dryden revises his works -- Proper words in proper places: Jonathan Swift demands an academy -- Enchaining syllables, lashing the wind: Samuel Johnson lays down the law -- The art of using words properly: Joseph Priestley seeks genuine and established principles -- The people in these states: Noah Webster Americanizes the language -- Words, words, words: James Murray surveys anglicity -- The taste and fancy of the speller: George Bernard Shaw rewrites the ABCs -- Direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid: Henry Watson Fowler shows the way -- Sabotage in Springfield: Philip Gove Stokes the flames -- Expletive deleted: george carlin vexes the censors -- grammar, and nonsense, and learning: we look to the future.

ISBN:

0802717004
9780802717009

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317928887

LCCN:

2009019195

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)