{"product_id":"9781032337876-describing-prescriptivism","title":"Describing Prescriptivism","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUsage Guides and Usage Problems in British and American English. \u003cp\u003eDescribing Prescriptivism provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in the present day. With extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, history of English and sociolinguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescribing Prescriptivism\u003c\/em\u003e provides a topical and thought-provoking analysis of linguistic prescriptivism in British and American English, from a historical as well as present-day perspective. Focusing on usage guides and usage problems, the book takes a three-fold approach to present an in-depth analysis of the topic, featuring: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ea detailed study of the advice provided in usage guides over the years;\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ean authoritative comparison of this advice with actual usage as recorded in British and American corpora, including the HUGE (Hyper Usage Guide of English) database – developed specifically to enable this line of study – as well as more mainstream corpora such as COCA, COHA and the BNC;\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ea close analysis of the attitudes to particular usage problems among the general public, based on surveys distributed online through the \"Bridging the Unbridgeable\" research project’s blog.*\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith extensive case studies to illustrate and support claims throughout, this comprehensive study is key reading for students and researchers of prescriptivism, the history of English and sociolinguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Found at https:\/\/bridgingtheunbridgeable.com\/\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40911769469025,"sku":"9781032337876","price":47.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_8087720_jpg.jpg?v=1707356071","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032337876-describing-prescriptivism","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}