Ain'thology : the History and Life of a Taboo Word.

By:

Katz, Seth

Contributor(s):

Donaher, Patricia

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (376 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781443878722
1443878723

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ain'thology : The History and Life of a Taboo Word.DDC classification:

410 422

LOC classification:

PE3724.O3

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Contents:

Table of contents; acknowledgments; introduction; i; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; ii; chapter four; chapter five; chapter six; chapter seven; iii; chapter eight; chapter nine; chapter ten; iv; chapter eleven; chapter twelve; chapter thirteen; contributors; index.

Summary: The word ain't is used by speakers of all dialects and sociolects of English. Nonetheless, language critics view ain't as marking speakers as ""lazy"" or ""stupid""; and the educated assume ain't is on its deathbed, used only in clichés. Everyone has an opinion about ain't. Even the grammar-checker in Microsoft Word flags every ain't with a red underscore. But why? Over the past 100 years, only a few articles and sections of books have reviewed the history of ain't or discussed it in dialect cont ...

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The word ain't is used by speakers of all dialects and sociolects of English. Nonetheless, language critics view ain't as marking speakers as ""lazy"" or ""stupid""; and the educated assume ain't is on its deathbed, used only in clichés. Everyone has an opinion about ain't. Even the grammar-checker in Microsoft Word flags every ain't with a red underscore. But why? Over the past 100 years, only a few articles and sections of books have reviewed the history of ain't or discussed it in dialect cont ...