Perspectives on Prescriptivism (Paperback, New edition)

The colloquium Perspectives on Prescriptivism (20-22 April 2006) was hosted by the University of Catania -- Faculty of Foreign Languages -- in Ragusa. Until very recently, the received view among linguists was that prescriptivism was a 'bad thing', something only worth considering in order to condemn it as a product of unenlightened thinking. The organisers wished to encourage participants to look at linguistic prescriptivism from a wide range of perspectives. Some of the main questions asked were: To what extent is the concept of prescriptivism to be considered a typical product of the 18th century? What is the attitude of 21st-century scholars and language guardians towards linguistic 'correctness'? To what extent were books more prescriptive -- rather than descriptive -- in what has generally been described as 'the age of correctness'? Some of the answers are to be found in this volume.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Linguistic Insights, 73
Release date:	April 2008
First published:	2008
Editors:	Joan C. Beal • Carmela Nocera • Massimo Sturiale
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	278
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-911632-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General
LSN:	3-03-911632-0
Barcode:	9783039116324

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