Language Myths and the History of English aims to deconstruct the
myths that are traditionally reproduced as factual accounts of the
historical development of English. Using concepts and interpretive
sensibilities developed in the field of sociolinguistics over the
past 40 years, Richard J. Watts unearths these myths and exposes
their ideological roots. His goal is not to construct an
alternative discourse, but to offer alternative readings of the
historical data. Watts raises the question of what we mean by a
linguistic ideology, and whether any discourse--a hegemonic
discourse, an alternative discourse, or even a deconstructive
discourse--can ever be free of it. The book argues that a
naturalized discourse is always built on a foundation of myths,
which are all too easily taken as true accounts.
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