You Are What You Speak : Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity

from Tatoosh

You Are What You Speak Although I anticipated an interesting and informative reading of You Are What You Speak, I found the ironically close-minded, autocratic approach of the author to be off-putting. He argues for an openness to language diversity but then negatively stereotypes those who espou...

from spbooks

I loved the first few chapters of this book where the author critiques the Stickler approach to language. However, as the book progresses, it seemed to me to get bogged down with one issue around language and nationalism and became too detailed and repetitive. I guess, overall, it covered the iss...

from Jeannine504

I started reading this book because of my delight in having someone defend split infinitives and ending sentences with a preposition and taking issue with Lynne Trusse ("Eats, Shoots and Leaves). I kept reading for the interesting experiments in linguistics and the efforts of various governments ...

from NewsieQ

The subtitle of this book is: "Grammar Grouches, Language Laws, and the Politics of Identity." That is actually a pretty good summary of this book, which is a series of essays emphasizing linguists' (including the author) views of language and some of the issues surrounding it. I once heard a spe...