Search Results for: Fixing English

Anne Curzan presents a pioneering new definition of prescriptivism as a linguistic phenomenon.

Over the past 300 years, attempts have been made to prescribe how we should and should not use the English language. The efforts have been institutionalized in

Herman Cappelen investigates ways in which language (and other representational devices) can be defective, and how they can be improved. In all parts of philoso

We all think we know what a dictionary is for and how to use one, and go right to the words we wish to look up. Yet dictionary users have not always known how E

Mastering the American Accent is an easy-to-follow approach for reducing the accent of non-native speakers of English. Well-sequenced lessons in the book corres