Language Myths

Name: Language Myths
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ISBN: 9780140260236

ISBN-10: 0140260234

ISBN-13: 9780140260236

Edition: 1998

Authors: Laurie Bauer, Peter Trudgill

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Language Myths comprises original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. Adopting a lively and entertaining tone, the book discusses some of the most popular myths about language.

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/7/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.10" wide x 7.80" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.198
Language: English



A Note on the Contributors


Introduction



The Meanings of Words Should Not be Allowed to Vary or Change




Some Languages are Just Not Good Enough




The Media are Ruining English




French is a Logical Language




English Spelling is Kattastroffik




Women Talk Too Much




Some Languages are Harder than Others




Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Any More




In the Appalachians They Speak like Shakespeare




Some Languages Have No Grammar




Italian is Beautiful, German is Ugly




Bad Grammar is Slovenly




Black Children are Verbally Deprived




Double Negatives are Illogical




TV Makes People Sound the Same




You Shouldn't Say 'It is Me' because 'Me' is Accusative




They Speak Really Bad English Down South and in New York City




Some Languages are Spoken More Quickly than Others




Aborigines Speak a Primitive Language




Everyone Has an Accent Except Me




America is Ruining the English Language



Index