• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Bad language : are some words better than others?
  • Beteiligte: Battistella, Edwin L. [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
  • Umfang: 1 online resource (vi, 230 p.)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195172485.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780199788187
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  • Schlagwörter: Slang ; Swearing ; Sociolinguistics ; English language Slang ; English language Social aspects
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  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Beschreibung: Examining debates over relativism in language, Battistella argues that we should view language as made up of alternative forms of regularity & orderliness, which require informed engagement with usage.