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"Nothing inflames the language gripers like a misplaced disinterested, an illogical irregardless, a hideous operationalisation. To a purist these are 'howlers' and 'non-words', fit only for scorn. But in their rush to condemn such terms, are the naysayers missing something? In this provocative and hugely entertaining book, Rebecca Gowers throws light on a great array of horrible words, and shows how the diktats of the pedants are repeatedly based on misinformation, false reasoning and straight-up snobbery. The result is a brilliant work of history, a surreptitious introduction to linguistics, and a mischievous salute to the misusers of the language. It is also a bold manifesto asserting our common rights over English, even as it questions the true nature of style."
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Horrible Words, Rebecca Gowers
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2016
- Einband
- (Hardcover)
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- Titel
- Horrible Words
- Untertitel
- A Guide to the Misuse of English
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Rebecca Gowers
- Verlag
- Penguin UK
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2016
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 193
- ISBN10
- 1846148510
- ISBN13
- 9781846148514
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Humor, Philosophisches Thema, Universitätslehrbücher, Linguistik, Philosophie der Sprache
- Beschreibung
- "Nothing inflames the language gripers like a misplaced disinterested, an illogical irregardless, a hideous operationalisation. To a purist these are 'howlers' and 'non-words', fit only for scorn. But in their rush to condemn such terms, are the naysayers missing something? In this provocative and hugely entertaining book, Rebecca Gowers throws light on a great array of horrible words, and shows how the diktats of the pedants are repeatedly based on misinformation, false reasoning and straight-up snobbery. The result is a brilliant work of history, a surreptitious introduction to linguistics, and a mischievous salute to the misusers of the language. It is also a bold manifesto asserting our common rights over English, even as it questions the true nature of style."