Language Myths
Bauer, Laurie / Bauer, Laurie / Trudgill, Peter
The media are ruining English", "Some languages are harder than others", "Children can't speak or write properly anymore. Such pieces of "cultural wisdom" are often expressed in newspapers and on radio and television. Rarely is there a response from experts in the fields of language and language development. In this book Laurie Bauer and Peter Trudgill have invited nineteen respected linguists from all over the world to address these "language...