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Baron, Dennis E. was born on May 9, 1944 in New York City. Son of R.C. Roy and Sylvia (Mayer) Baron.
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The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?
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Should the United States declare English its official language? The "English only" question, which has plagued American citizens since the founding of the country, is the focus of heated debate, with an English Language Amendment to the Constitution pending in Congress since 1981. This book provides an historically based discussion of this issue. The author explores the philosophical, legal, political, educational, and sociological implications of the official-English movement, tracing the history of American attitudes toward English and minority languages during the past two centuries. He describes how battles to save English or minority languages have been fought in the press, the schools, the courts, and the legislatures of the country. According to Baron, the impulse to impose English and limit other languages has repeatedly arisen during periods of political or economic ferment, when non-English speakers have been targeted as subversive, unemployable, or otherwise resistant to assimilation. However, says the author, many supporters of the English Language Amendment are not xenophobic but are people who believe in the ideal of one language for one nation and who argue that mastery of English is the only way to succeed in America. He discusses the recent background of the English Language Amendment, explains the arguments on each side, and assesses its future.
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The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans? 1st edition by Dennis Baron (1990) Hardcover
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(The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?) Author: Dennis E. Baron published on (August, 1992)
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(Grammar and Gender) Author: Dennis E. Baron published on (September, 1987)
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GRAMMAR AND GOOD TASTE. Reforming the American Language.
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Guide to Home Language Repair
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Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary
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Essays dealing with various issues in English lore, usage, teaching and politics.
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Grammar and Gender
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A lively history of the sexual biases that exist in our language and a fascinating account of past and present efforts to correct these biases by reforming usage and vocabulary.
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Grammar and Good Taste: Reforming the American Language
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Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary by Dennis Baron (1990-03-01) Paperback
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- Grammar and Good Taste
- Grammar and Gender by Dennis Baron (1987-09-10)
- The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans? by Dennis Baron (1992-07-29)
- Grammar and Good Taste: Reforming the American Language by Professor Dennis Baron (1984-09-10)
- Grammar and Gender by Dennis Baron (1987-09-10)
- Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary by Dennis Baron (1990-03-03)
- The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans? (Should the United States declare English its official lan...)
Dennis E. Baron
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Dennis E. Baron, American English language educator. Certified teacher English, New York, Massachusetts. Fulbright fellow CIES, France, 1978-1979, fellow Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 1984-1985, program for study of cultural values and ethics, University of Illinois, 1992, National Endowment for Humanities, 1989.
Education
AB, Brandeis University, 1965. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1971.
Career
Teacher English, Francis Lewis High School, New York City, 1966-1968; teacher English, Wayland (Massachusetts) High School, 1968-1969; assistant Professor of English, Eastern Illinois U., Charleston, Illinois, 1971-1973; assistant Professor of English, City College of New York, New York City, 1973-1974; assistant Professor of English/linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1975-1981; associate Professor of English/linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1981-1984; Professor of English/linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1984; Fulbright lecturer, U. Poitiers, France, 1978-1979.
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The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?
(Should the United States declare English its official lan...)
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The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?
(Should the United States declare English its official lan...)
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Grammar and Gender
(A lively history of the sexual biases that exist in our l...)
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Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary
(Essays dealing with various issues in English lore, usage...)
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Guide to Home Language Repair
(book)
- Grammar and Good Taste
- Grammar and Gender by Dennis Baron (1987-09-10)
- The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans? 1st edition by Dennis Baron (1990) Hardcover
- (The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?) Author: Dennis E. Baron published on (August, 1992)
- (Grammar and Gender) Author: Dennis E. Baron published on (September, 1987)
- GRAMMAR AND GOOD TASTE. Reforming the American Language.
- The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans? by Dennis Baron (1992-07-29)
- Grammar and Good Taste: Reforming the American Language by Professor Dennis Baron (1984-09-10)
- Grammar and Gender by Dennis Baron (1987-09-10)
- Grammar and Good Taste: Reforming the American Language
- Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary by Dennis Baron (1990-03-03)
- Declining Grammar and Other Essays on the English Vocabulary by Dennis Baron (1990-03-01) Paperback
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The English-Only Question: An Official Language for Americans?
Membership
Member Modern Language Association, American Dialect Society (editor monograph series 1984-1993), National Council Teachers English (commission on language 1984-1987, chairman commission on public policy 2003-2006), Linguistic Society of America (committee on language and the schools 1992-1995, chairman committee public doublespeak 2004-2005), Council Writing Program Administrators, Conference on College Composition and Communications.
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Married Iryce White, October 21, 1979. Children: Cordelia, Rachel, Jonathan.
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Fulbright fellow CIES, France, 1978-1979, fellow Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 1984-1985, program for study of cultural values and ethics, University of Illinois, 1992, National Endowment for Humanities, 1989.Fulbright fellow CIES, France, 1978-1979, fellow Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 1984-1985, program for study of cultural values and ethics, University of Illinois, 1992, National Endowment for Humanities, 1989.