Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation

Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation

By
Ammon Shea
Ammon Shea
2014

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389 books

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Christopher and His Kind
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The Talent Code
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
J. R. R. Tolkien: A Biography

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26 books

Language

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Nat
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Dent's Modern Tribes

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37 books

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The Spirit of Science Fiction
The Outsider
How to Travel without Seeing: Dispatches from the New Latin America
After Nature
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161 books

Linguistics

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How Dead Languages Work
Forbidden Words
Grammar and Gender
Language Myths
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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37 books

English Language

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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
The Fight for English: How language pundits ate, shot, and left
Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of a Pure Standard English
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She
The Wordhord
The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way