Background
Wilson, Kenneth George was born on April 21, 1923 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Herbert George and Margaret Marie (Johns) Wilson.
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In the most reliable and readable guide to effective writing for the Americans of today, Wilson answers questions of meaning, grammar, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling in thousands of clear, concise entries. His guide is unique in presenting a systematic, comprehensive view of language as determined by context. Wilson provides a simple chart of contexts―from oratorical speech to intimate, from formal writing to informal―and explains in which contexts a particular usage is appropriate, and in which it is not. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English provides the answers to questions about American English the way no other guide can with: * an A–Z format for quick reference; * over five thousand entries, more than any other usage book; * sensible and useful advice based on the most current linguistic research; * a convenient chart of levels of speech and writing geared to context; * both descriptive and prescriptive entries for guidance; * guidelines for nonsexist usage; * individual entries for all language terms. A vibrant description of how our language is being spoken and written at the end of the twentieth century―and how we ourselves can use it most effectively―The Columbia Guide to Standard American English is the ideal handbook to language etiquette: friendly, sensible, and reliable.
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Wilson, Kenneth George was born on April 21, 1923 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Herbert George and Margaret Marie (Johns) Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts in English, Albion College, 1943; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1951.
His best-known work is The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, published in 1993. Through the 1970s Wilson served as UConn"s vice president for academic programs or academic affairs With the 1974 change in title, the vice presidency replaced the provost as the university"s chief academic office.
"Many of his contemporaries cr Wilson with starting the process of making UConn a nationally respected university," a university press release and the university magazine, Advance, said at the time of his death in 2003.
Wilson returned to teaching in 1981 and retired in 1989. He had joined UConn"s Storrs campus faculty in 1951 as an instructor and rose to be a full professor
A graduate of Albion College in Albion, Michigan, Wilson earned his master"s and doctoral degrees from the University of Michigan. He was a native of Akron, Ohio.
He is the subject of an article in Contemporary Authors (December 2007) by Thomson Gale.
When the Columbia Guide was published online by Bartleby.com in 2001, the site said of Wilson"s book: "A vigorous assessment of how our language is best written and spoken and how we can use it most effectively, this guide is the ideal handbook of language etiquette: friendly, sensible, reliable, and fun to read."
The electronic edition continues to be offered through licenses to libraries and other institutions. The Guide has 6,500 entries, including both descriptive and prescriptive examples. The electronic edition features 4,300 hyperlinked cross-references.
In the book"s introduction, Wilson called standard American English usage "linguistic good manners, sensitively and accurately matched to context — to listeners or readers, to situation, and to purpose.".
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Member Commissioner of Educational Task Force, Connecticut, 1982-1983. Commissioner Commission for Institutions of Higher Education 1985-1991. Member Connecticut Humanities Council, 1977-1983.
Member Modern Language Association of America, Medieval Academy American, Linguistic Society of America, National Council Teachers English, Connecticut Academy Arts & Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Marilyn Jane Clarke, August 31, 1946. Children: Derek George, Stephanie Clarke Wilson Haas.