Bibliograph

You are what you speak, grammar grouches, language laws, and the politics of identity, Robert Lane Greene

Type

Label

You are what you speak, grammar grouches, language laws, and the politics of identity, Robert Lane Greene

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You are what you speak

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

489003133

Responsibility statement

Robert Lane Greene

Sub title

grammar grouches, language laws, and the politics of identity

Summary

An international correspondent for "The Economist" draws on his years of experience to analyze the symbiotic relationship between language and politics, providing insight into inherent tendencies toward prejudice

Table Of Contents

Babel and the damage done : language and myth -- A brief history of sticklers : in the trenches with the grammar grouches -- Another way to love language : the insights of linguistics -- More equal than others : how all languages can express almost everything -- Welcome to X. Now speak Xish : language and nationalism -- Insubordinate clauses : the folly of legislating language rules -- The Microsoft and Apple of languages : America, France, and languages in competition -- Clouds, not boxes : and other better ways of thinking about language

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