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Lara Cowell

"Do You Speak American?" - 1 views

www.pbs.org/speak

English dialect prescriptionist descriptionist American sociolinguistics African American Vernacular English etymology slang

shared by Lara Cowell on 06 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Lara Cowell on 06 Mar 13
     
    This webpage, associated with a 2005 PBS 3-hour program of the same name, addresses several Words R Us Related issues, including African American English, perspectives on written & spoken English, regional dialects, Spanish & Chicano English, communicative choices & linguistic style, prescriptionist vs. descriptionist philosophies towards language, etymology, and slang. It also has hyperlinks to various credible academic sources for applied linguistics.
joshualucero22

Today's Faux Pas, Tomorrow's Lingua Franca - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...eburger-espresso-expresso.html

language lingua franca

shared by joshualucero22 on 03 Mar 22 - No Cached
  • joshualucero22 on 03 Mar 22
     
    Goes over the misuse of language. This is relevant towards prescriptionist vs descriptionist debates from class
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