Perspectives on Prescriptivism
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ISBN13: 9783039116324
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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 18thcentury? 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.
| ISBN-13 | 9783039116324 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 3039116320 |
| Weight | 1.06 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.90 x 0.80 x 8.80 In |
| List Price | $126.40 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Paperback |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 278 pages |
| Publisher | Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften |
| Published On | 2008-04-30 |
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