The Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Henry Hitchings

The Language Wars: A History of Proper English

Henry Hitchings

420 pages first pub 2011 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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The English language is a battlefield. Since the age of Shakespeare, arguments over correct usage have been bitter, and have always really been about contesting values—morality, politics, and class. The Language Wars examines the present state o...

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