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Author:   Richard J. Watts (Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics, Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics, University of Bern, Switzerland) ,  Andrew L Ford
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Edition:   2nd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780195327618

ISBN 10:   0195327616
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   03 March 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface Chapter 1: Metaphors, myths, ideologies and archives Chapter 2: Establishing a linguistic pedigree Chapter 3: Breaking the unbroken tradition Chapter 4: The construction of a modern myth: Middle English as a creole Chapter 5: Barbarians and others Chapter 6: The myth of ""greatness"" Chapter 7: Reinterpreting Swift's A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue: Challenging an embryonic modern myth Chapter 8: Polishing the myths: The commercial side of politeness Chapter 9: Challenging the hegemony of standard English Chapter 10: Transforming a myth to save an archive: When polite becomes educated Chapter 11: Commodifying English and constructing a new myth Chapter 12: Myths, ideologies of English and the funnel view of the history of English References Index"

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the culmination of a long and distinguished career. Tim William Machan, The Review of English Studies thought-provoking and richly documented Chiara Rubagotti, L'analisi Linguistica e Letteraria This book is densely written and thoroughly academic; it is myth-busting of a higher order. ... For postgraduate study and research into the history of English and historical (socio)linguistics more generally, however, where an awareness of our own ideologies is crucial, LMHE is highly recommended reading. Remco Knooihuizen, Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics we must thank Watts for presenting a narrative and interpretative text, in which the quantitative results, so prevalent in recent research, reamain secondary. Within its pages, it becomes clear that history has an open nature, acquiring new dimensions in new circumstances, and that knowledge, a shared legacy continuously rebuilt, is only obtained through research and debate. Paloma Tejada Caller, Journal of Historical Linguistics

the culmination of a long and distinguished career. Tim William Machan, The Review of English Studies thought-provoking and richly documented Chiara Rubagotti, L'analisi Linguistica e Letteraria

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Richard J. Watts is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Bern.

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