The Role of Prescriptivism in American Linguistics 1820–1970
Glendon F. Drake
The phenomenon of absolutist, prescriptive correctness is persistent and pervasive in the linguistic through of educated and intelligent citizens of the United States. This volume is not only and attempt to gain some understanding of the source, nature, and operation of the prescriptive attitude,… read more[Studies in the History of the Language Sciences, 13] 1977. x, 130 pp.