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Jack Lynch
336 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780802777690
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Walker Books
Publication date: Not specified
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In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers-those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. The Lexicographer's Dilemma poses a pair of questions-what does proper English mean, and who gets to say what...
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Jack Lynch
336 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780802777690
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Walker Books
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In its long history, the English language has had many lawmakers-those who have tried to regulate or otherwise organize the way we speak. The Lexicographer's Dilemma poses a pair of questions-what does proper English mean, and who gets to say what...