Fixing English: Prescriptivism and Language History
Introduction: does prescriptivism fail? 1. Prescriptivism's umbrella: standards, style, restoration, and political intervention 2. Prescriptivism's lessons: scope and 'The history of English' 3. Checking grammar and grammar checkers 4. Dictionaries and the idea of 'real words' 5. Non sexist language reform and its effects 6. Reappropriation and challenges to institutionalized prescriptivism 7. Finding shared ground: public conversations about prescriptivism.