Battistella Edwin L.:
Bad Language
Are Some Words Better Than Others?
Oxford University Press (United States), 2005
Hardback, 240 pages
Size: 208x138 mm
ISBN: 9780195172485
ISBN-10: 0195172485
Bad Language
Argues that it is wrong to think of slang, regional dialects and nonstandard grammar as simply breaking the rules of good English. Examining debates over relativism in language, this book opines that we should view language as made up of alternative forms of regularity and orderliness, which require informed engagement with usage.

