| Perspectives on Prescriptivism Contributor(s): Gotti, Maurizio (Other), Nocera, Carmela (Editor), Sturiale, Massimo (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3039116320 ISBN-13: 9783039116324 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $111.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation |
| Dewey: 410.909 |
| LCCN: 2008010214 |
| Series: Linguistic Insights |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (1.06 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The colloquium Perspectives on Prescriptivism (20-22 April 2006) was hosted by the University of Catania - Faculty of Foreign Languages - in Ragusa. Until very recently, the received view among linguists was that prescriptivism was a 'bad thing', something only worth considering in order to condemn it as a product of unenlightened thinking. The organisers wished to encourage participants to look at linguistic prescriptivism from a wide range of perspectives. Some of the main questions asked were: To what extent is the concept of prescriptivism to be considered a typical product of the 18th century? What is the attitude of 21st-century scholars and language guardians towards linguistic 'correctness'? To what extent were books more prescriptive - rather than descriptive - in what has generally been described as 'the age of correctness'? Some of the answers are to be found in this volume. |
