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Tag Archives: George Orwell
Pietersen and Prescriptivism
Here we have a blogpost by Ash Navrady, another student in my MA course Testing Prescriptivism: In the early months of 2014, the English Cricket Board made the controversial decision to ‘sack’ star batsman Kevin Pietersen in the aftermath of the disastrous Ashes … Continue reading
Posted in MA Leiden, news
Tagged Authority in Language, cricket, George Orwell, Milroy & Milroy
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