Politics and the English Language and other essays
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Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language – so the argument runs – must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes ...
Product Details
Publisher: idb
Genre: Sprache - Englisch
Language: English
Size: 195 Pages
Filesize: 133.4 KB
ISBN: 9783962240981
Published: Aug. 3, 2022