Manual del Español Incorrecto / A Manual of Incorrect Spanish - Paperback
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Este es el libro que los puristas de la lengua no quieren que leas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Language is meant to be used, not obeyed.
Facing imminent defeat during an argument online, the losing party sees the possibility to be crowned (fake) winner by mocking the opponent's speech. But why is it relevant that our linguistic register is less formal, or that we might have a different pronunciation other than the established, or that we might use a different clause than the one generally accepted, or that we use a clause not recommended by language academies? Truth be told, these games are senseless because dictionaries register and describe some uses of the speaker's tongue, and is in their mouths where Spanish really lives. In A Manual of Incorrect Spanish, Adrián Chávez examines, through humor, those myths regarding linguistic hyper-corrections, power, discrimination, and every ailment that "normativitis" has permeated into the evolution of language, which we all have, (inter)changeably, suffered one time or another. This is the book that language purists do not want you to read.
Manual del Español Incorrecto / A Manual of Incorrect Spanish - Paperback
$16.95
by Adrián Chávez (Author)
La lengua es para usarla, no para obedecerla.
Ante la inminente derrota en una discusión por internet quien lleva las de perder ve una posibilidad para coronarse como (falso) ganador en burlarse de cómo habla su oponente. Pero qué importancia tiene que nuestro registro sea menos formal o que tenga una pronunciación distinta a la establecida, o que se use una proposición distinta a la establecida, o que se use una proposición que no han recomendado las academias de la lengua? La realidad es que estos juegos carecen de sentido, pues los diccionarios registran y describen algunos de los usos de la lengua de los hablantes, en cuyas bocas verdaderamente vive el español.
Este es el libro que los puristas de la lengua no quieren que leas. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Language is meant to be used, not obeyed.
Facing imminent defeat during an argument online, the losing party sees the possibility to be crowned (fake) winner by mocking the opponent's speech. But why is it relevant that our linguistic register is less formal, or that we might have a different pronunciation other than the established, or that we might use a different clause than the one generally accepted, or that we use a clause not recommended by language academies? Truth be told, these games are senseless because dictionaries register and describe some uses of the speaker's tongue, and is in their mouths where Spanish really lives. In A Manual of Incorrect Spanish, Adrián Chávez examines, through humor, those myths regarding linguistic hyper-corrections, power, discrimination, and every ailment that "normativitis" has permeated into the evolution of language, which we all have, (inter)changeably, suffered one time or another. This is the book that language purists do not want you to read.
Author Biography
Adrián Chávez (Estado de México, 1989) es traductor, escritor, profesor y divulgador lingüístico. Es autor de las novelas Señales de vida (Fá Editorial, 2015), Lázaro (foem, 2023), el volumen de ensayos Strauss quería pastel (feta, Premio Nacional de Ensayo Joven José Luis Martínez 2018), y de la obra de teatro El donador de almas. Es egresado de la licenciatura en Interpretación por el Instituto Superior de Intérpretes y Traductores, de la licenciatura en Lengua y Literatura Hispánica de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la unam, y de la maestría en Teatro y Artes Escénicas por la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. Su canal de divulgación en redes sociales, @nochaveznada, cuenta con más 700 mil seguidores.
Number of Pages: 200
Dimensions: 0.6 x 9.1 x 5.7 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: November 12, 2024
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