The Language Wars by Hitchings, Henry -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

1. ‘To boldly go’ 2. The survival machine 3. The emergence of English 4. From Queen Elizabeth to John Locke 5. Hitting le jackpot 6. The rough magic of English spelling 7. The many advantages of a good language 8. ‘Bishop Lowth was a fool’ 9. O my America, my new found land! 10. The long shadow of Lindley Murray 11. The pedigree of nations 12. Of fish-knives and fist-fucks 13. ‘Our blood, our language, our institutions’ 14. Organizing the Victorian treasure-house 15. The warden of English 16. ‘Speak that I may see thee’ 17. Talking proper 18. The Alphabet and the Goddess 19. Modern life is rubbish 20. Unholy shit 21. ‘It’s English-Only here’ 22. The comma flaps its wings 23. Flaunting the rules 24. Technology says ‘whatever’ 25. ‘Conquer English to Make China Strong’ 26. What do we do with the flowing face of nature? 27. Such, such are the joys 28. Envoi

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