Exposes the pretentious attitudes of English-speaking peoples about their native language.
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Images of English was the first book to focus exclusively on opinions about the language as they have evolved through time. Through the use of abundant quotations, Richard Bailey lets voices from the past speak to our present assumptions and challenges the notion of English triumphalism throughout the world and the ages.
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convincing historical research,
This review is from: Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language (Paperback)
Bailey's book deals with the attitudes towards English and how they have changed over the centuries. For this purpose the author has collected an impressive amount of evidence which he presents in a convincing, not overly academic way. Bailey deals both with attitudes towards English in Great Britian itself and abroad, that is in the former colonies. A highly recommended book!
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This review is from: Images of English, A Cultural History of the Language (Paperback)
This book is still as strong 12 years on; see review at amazon.co.uk, where I suggest it is ill served by its wimpy title. Engaging is a word people like to use about Bailey - it is apt
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Language is the thing about ourselves and our communities we know best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Images of English, United States, North America, American English, New Zealand, English Improved, English Abroad, English Imperiled, World English, Old English, New England, English Transplanted, Postcolonial English, Proper English, Emergent English, Imaginary English, English Discerned, South Africa, Noah Webster, Samuel Johnson, British Empire, Native Americans, British Isles, Indian English, North Carolina Browse Sample Pages:
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Language is the thing about ourselves and our communities we know best. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Images of English, United States, North America, American English, New Zealand, English Improved, English Abroad, English Imperiled, World English, Old English, New England, English Transplanted, Postcolonial English, Proper English, Emergent English, Imaginary English, English Discerned, South Africa, Noah Webster, Samuel Johnson, British Empire, Native Americans, British Isles, Indian English, North Carolina Browse Sample Pages:
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- A History of English: A Sociolinguistic Approach (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) by Barbara Fennell in Back Matter
- Variety in Written English: Texts in Society/Societies in Text (Interface) by Tony Bex in Back Matter
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