The lexicographer's dilemma : the evolution of "proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park /: the evolution of "proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jack Lynch.
• Other Names: Lynch, Jack (John T.)
• Contents: Vulgarities of speech: homo sapiens learns to speak -- The age in which I live: John Dryden revises his works -- Proper words in proper places: Jonathan Swift demands an academy -- Enchaining syllables, lashing the wind: Samuel Johnson lays down the law -- The art of using words properly: Joseph Priestley seeks genuine and established principles -- The people in these states: Noah Webster Americanizes the language -- Words, words, words: James Murray surveys anglicity -- The taste and fancy of the speller: George Bernard Shaw rewrites the ABCs -- Direct, simple, brief, vigorous, and lucid: Henry Watson Fowler shows the way -- Sabotage in Springfield: Philip Gove Stokes the flames -- Expletive deleted: George Carlin vexes the censors -- Grammar, and nonsense, and learning: we look to the future.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages, [16] pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 423/.028; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Grammar & Punctuation; English language -- Lexicography; English language -- History; English language -- Style; English language -- Usage; English language; English language -- Lexicography; English language -- Style; English language -- Usage; Standardsprache; Sprachnorm; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Etymology; History -- General; Language: history & general works; Englisch; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802719638; 0802719635
• Related ISBNs: 9780802717009; 0802717004
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.