Sicat, John Milton P.

Instructor: Kristine Marie Reynaldo

Eng10 THY
Date of Submission: 5 February 2016
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The US Lexicography's Seamy Underbelly

A. Liberal vs. Conservative Modern Dictionaries
B. Introduction to Bryan Garners ADMAU
C. The SNOOTs and Their Principles About Language
The Idea of Having a Democratic Spirit
A. Bryan Garners Brief Background
B. How Regular Citizens Perceive and Use Modern Dictionary
C. Authority and Judgement in the Contemporary American Usage
Garners A Dictionary of Modern Usage
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Features and Functions of ADMAU
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How the English Language is Used in the Contemporary Age
Usage Wars
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How Modern Dictionaries Intros Attack Lexicographers and Critics
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Prescriptivists vs. Descriptivists
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Prescriptivists Standpoint about Language Usage
Rebuttals on Descriptivists View on Language Usage
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The Effects of Descriptivism on Modern English Usage
Interpolation: Being both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice
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Loopholes in the Use of Scientific Lexicography as a Standard for
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Correct English Usage

The False Existence of Objectivity in Language Study (Unbelievably

Naive Positivism)
Language Behaviour Being Fundamentally Human and Normative
Interpolation: Delusions of Having a Private Language
E. Descriptivists Misguided Observation about Language Usage
English Language as a Norm
A. The Purpose of the Invention of Language
B. Incorrect Assumptions of Descriptivists about Usage Norms
Rebuttals on Philosophical Descriptivism
A. Philosophical Descriptivisms True Target
B. Comparison of Prescriptive and Descriptive Rules in a Descriptivists
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Standpoint
C. Being Considerate and Respectful when following Usage Norms
D. Rebuttals about Common Objections about Arbitrary Prescriptive
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Usage
Usage of Language and How People Judge it
A. Other Non-Standard Dialects of American English
Interpolation: Grammatical Advantage of a Non-Standard Dialect
B. The Proper Use of Different Dialects when Addressing Different Groups
of People
How to Properly Teach Standard Written English in Schools
A. SNOOTlets Language Deficiency and Discourse Communities

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B. Loopholes on Dogmatic Prescriptivists Beliefs.

C. An Effective SWE Pedagogy
Rebuttals on Liberal Prescriptivism
A. Usage and Functions of Politically Correct English
B. PCE as a Form of Censorship for the Status Quo
C. The Reason Behind the use of PCE
D. The Collapse in the Distinction Between Ethical, Logical, and Pathetic
Bryan
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Appeals
A. Garners Ingenious Writing Ability
The Differences of Garners ADMAU to Other Modern Dictionaries
How Garners ADMAU Resolves Usage Wars Problem of Authority
How Garners ADMAU used Credibility as a means for Authority
Garners ADMAU as a Collection of Information and a Democratic

Rhetoric
E. The Effects of the Technocratic Approach in Garners ADMAU
F. Garners Correlation Between The Purposes of The Expert Authority
and The Lay Reader