Robert Claiborne
Biographic Data
| ID | 706520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Claiborne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Claiborne |
| SIGNATURE | CLAIBORNE R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The politics of dialect
‘Scholars’ views on which dialects are worth studying, even on what is and what isn't a dialect, almost invariably embody some sort of hidden ideological agenda.' Is it so
Skunks, squash and Yankees
English draws heavily from other languages for its vocabulary. A recent book that gives plenty of room to this propensity for borrowing is ROBERT CLAIBORNE's Our Marvelous Native Tongue: The Life and Times of the English Language (Times Books, New York, 1983, $17.25; available in the UK from Abner Stein, Roland Gardens, London SW7 3PH). Excerpted from it here are Claiborne's observations on words of Native American origin, in the chapter entitled…
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Skunks, squash and Yankees
English draws heavily from other languages for its vocabulary. A recent book that gives plenty of room to this propensity for borrowing is ROBERT CLAIBORNE's Our Marvelous Native Tongue: The Life and Times of the English Language (Times Books, New York, 1983, $17.25; available in the UK from Abner Stein, Roland Gardens, London SW7 3PH). Excerpted from it here are Claiborne's observations on words of Native American origin, in the chapter entitled…
The politics of dialect
‘Scholars’ views on which dialects are worth studying, even on what is and what isn't a dialect, almost invariably embody some sort of hidden ideological agenda.' Is it so
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Arithmetic (1 works) · Classics (1 works) · Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · First language (1 works)