Linguistic and Social Bias in "The American Heritage Dictionary".

Wolk, Anthony

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Linguistic and Social Bias in "The American Heritage Dictionary"

Wolk, Anthony

College English, 33, 8, 930-5, May 72

There has been little criticism of one feature of the American Heritage Dictionary which brings its entire linguistic practice into question: its highly promoted Usage Panel. (Author)

Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Bias, Dictionaries, Language Standardization, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Social Discrimination, Standard Spoken Usage

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