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

by Lynch, Jack (John T.)

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New York : Walker & Co., 2009.

English language -- Lexicography.

English language -- History.

English language -- Style.

English language -- Usage.

9780802717009 :

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

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.

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