Language myths and the history of English / Richard J. Watts.
Language myths and the history of English / Richard J. Watts.
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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N420.9/71
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xiv, 338 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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1. Metaphors, myths, ideologies and archives. -- Defining myths -- Conceptual metaphors and myths -- Language myths and conceptual metaphors -- Foucault's understanding of discourse -- Discourse archives -- Myths are the "stuff that ideologies are made on" -- The structure of the book -- 2. Establis...
7. Reinterpreting Swift's A proposal for correcting, improving an ascertaining the English tongue: challenging an embryonic modern myth. -- Potential new myths -- THe "ideology of the standard language" and the complaint tradtion -- Swift's Proposal as the beginning of a complaint tradition -- Cont...
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New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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New York (State)
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c2011.
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Language myths and the history of English / Richard J. Watts.
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Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2011.
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N420.9/71
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0195327616 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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9780195327618 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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420.9
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