You are what you speak: grammar grouches, language laws, and the politics of identity
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| ISBN: | 9780553807875 9780440339762 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
Foreword by John McWhorter
vii
Preface
xiii
1. Babel and the Damage Done
з
Language and Myth
2.
A Brief History of Sticklers
18
In the Trenches with the Grammar Grouches
3.
Another Way to Love Language
54
The Insights of Linguistics
4.
More Equal than Others
98
How All Languages Can Express Almost Everything
5.
Welcome to X. Now Speak Xish
131
Language and Nationalism
6.
Insubordinate Clauses
177
The Folly of Legislating Language Rules
7.
The Microsoft and Apple of Languages
221
America, France, and Languages in Competition
8.
Clouds, Not Boxes
259
And Other Better Ways of Thinking About Language
Acknowledgments
281
Notes
283
Index
297
WHAT IS IT about other people s
language that moves some of us to anxiety or
even rage? For centuries, sticklers the world
over have donned the cloak of authority to control the
way people use words. Now this sensational new book
strikes back to defend the fascinating, real-life diversity
of this most basic human faculty.
With the erudite yet accessible style that marks his
work as a journalist, Robert Lane Greene takes readers
on a rollicking tour around the world, illustrating with
vivid anecdotes the role language beliefs play in shap¬
ing our identities, for good and ill. Beginning with literal
myths, from the Tower of Babel to the bloody origins of
the word shibboleth, Greene shows how language
experts went from myth-making to rule-making and
from building cohesive communities to building mod¬
ern nations. From the notion of one language s superi¬
ority to the common perception that phrases like It s
me are bad English, linguistic beliefs too often define
us and distance them, supporting class, ethnic, or
national prejudices. In short: What we hear about lan¬
guage is often really about the politics of identity.
Governments foolishly try to police language
development (the French Academy), nationalism leads
to the violent suppression of minority languages (Kurd¬
ish and Basque), and even Americans fear that the most
successful language in world history (English) may be
threatened by increased immigration. These false lan¬
guage beliefs are often tied to harmful political ends
and can lead to the violation of basic human rights.
Conversely, political involvement in language can
sometimes prove beneficial, as with the Zionist revival
of Hebrew or our present-day efforts to provide educa¬
tion in foreign languages essential to business, diplo¬
macy, and intelligence. And yes, standardized languages
play a crucial role in uniting modern societies.
As this fascinating book shows, everything we ve
been taught to think about language may not be
wrong
—
but it is often about something more than lan¬
guage alone. You Are What You Speak will certainly get
people talking.
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