Making Sense of "Bad English": An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies by Elizabeth Peterson

Making Sense of "Bad English": An Introduction to Language Attitudes and Ideologies

Elizabeth Peterson

190 pages first pub 2018 (editions) user-added

nonfiction sociology
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Why is it that some ways of using English are considered "good" and others are considered "bad"? Why are certain forms of language termed elegant, eloquent or refined, whereas others are deemed uneducated, coarse, or inappropriate? Making Sense of...

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