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What makes a usage guide? (part 2)

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Robin Straaijer

A little over a month ago, I posted a survey on this blog, asking you which genres you think usage guides are most closely related to: dictionaries, spelling/punctuation guides, descriptive grammars, popular writing on language, handbooks on writing or style guides. It appears … Continue reading →

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What makes a usage guide? 

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Robin Straaijer

During the construction of the HUGE database, I have been thinking about the genre of usage guides a lot for the simple, practical purpose of determining which titles would be put in the database, and which would not. Edmund Weiner asked … Continue reading →

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Genre prescriptivism

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Robin Straaijer

I was just thinking how different levels of prescriptiveness, different models of correctness are implemented on different genres or text types. Why for instance is the clipped language of newspaper headlines not considered ‘wrong’ while such usage would be criticised … Continue reading →

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