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McWhorter, John H.

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Our magnificent bastard tongue : = the untold history of English /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Our magnificent bastard tongue :/ John McWhorter.
其他題名:	the untold history of English /
作者:	McWhorter, John H.
出版者:	New York :Gotham Books, : c2008.,
面頁冊數:	xxiii, 230 p. ;20 cm.
內容註:	We speak a miscegenated grammar -- A lesson from the Celtic impact -- We speak a battered grammar -- Does our grammar channel our thought? -- Skeletons in the closet.
標題:	English language - History. -
電子資源:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008020983.html
電子資源:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008020983-b.html
電子資源:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0906/2008020983-d.html
ISBN:	1592403956

Our magnificent bastard tongue : = the untold history of English /
McWhorter, John H.

Our magnificent bastard tongue :the untold history of English /John McWhorter. - New York :Gotham Books,c2008. - xxiii, 230 p. ;20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index.

We speak a miscegenated grammar -- A lesson from the Celtic impact -- We speak a battered grammar -- Does our grammar channel our thought? -- Skeletons in the closet.

Why do we say "I am reading a catalog" instead of "I read a catalog"? Why do we say "do" at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, author McWhorter distills hundreds of years of lore into one lively history. Covering the little-known Celtic and Welsh influences on English, the impact of the Viking raids and the Norman Conquest, and the Germanic invasions that started it all during the fifth century AD, and drawing on genetic and linguistic research as well as a cache of trivia about the origins of English words and syntax patterns, McWhorter ultimately demonstrates the arbitrary, maddening nature of English--and its ironic simplicity, due to its role as a streamlined lingua franca during the early formation of Britain. This is the book that language aficionados have been waiting for.--From publisher description.

ISBN: 1592403956

LCCN: 2008020983Subjects--Topical Terms:

524473
English language
--History.

LC Class. No.: PE1075 / .M597 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 420.9

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