Album
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
Tracklist
1
Alarm Over the Decay of English
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
2
Surprises in the Ancestry of Old English
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
3
Not Exactly Anglo-Saxon
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
4
Don’t Forget the Celtic Connection
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
5
From Insider Language to Lingua Franca
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
6
English as Easy German
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
7
The Viking Conquest of English
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
8
How the Words of Modern English Emerged
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
9
Black English — The Streamlining Continues
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
10
Honored Conceits of Blackboard Grammar
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
11
Pronoun Fashions Come and Go
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
12
Wrong Then, Proper Now — and Vice Versa
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
13
A Procession of Accidents and Fossils
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
14
The Pursuit of Logic in Language
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
15
Clarity as the Logic of Language
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
16
20th-Century Fashions From Strunk & White
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
17
The Kinds of Grammar You Don’t Hear About
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
18
Linguists Uncovering Grammar We All Use
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
19
Speech Versus Writing — Different Languages
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
20
Speechmaking — From Oratory to Plain Speaking
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
21
The Old and New Styles of Writing
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
22
Got Poetry? Language With Spice
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
23
Why Texting Is Misunderstood
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage
24
The Living Past and Future of English
Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage