Author: Joseph PriestleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Rudiments of English Grammar
Author: Joseph PriestleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Rudiments of English Grammar. A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language, and Universal Grammar. On Oratory and Criticism
Author: Joseph PriestleyThe Rudiments of English Grammar
Author: Joseph PriestleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781108065887
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The English polymath Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) defined grammar as nothing more complicated than a system of rules for the correct use of language. This enlarged second edition of his influential 1761 textbook first appeared in 1769; it had by then established him as one of the major grammarians of his age. With little patience for the confusing and superfluous application of Latin rules to English, Priestley champions a simple style of grammatical explanation here, questioning even such fundamental concepts as an English future tense. The text follows a clear question-and-answer structure designed for students. Priestley's determination to modernise the teaching of English and to promote usage as the crucial linguistic standard remain relevant today. A companion work, A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language and Universal Grammar (1762), is also reissued in this series, along with other works by Priestley ranging in coverage from oratory to oxygen.
The Rudiments of English Grammar
Author: Joseph PriestleyThe rudiments of English grammar and A course of lectures on the theory of language, and universal grammar
Author: The Rudiments of English Grammar ; A Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language, and Universal Grammar ; and On Oratory and Criticism
Author: Joseph PriestleyThe Rudiments of English Grammar; a Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language, and Universal Grammar; and on Oratory and Criticism
Author: Joseph PriestleyThe Rudiments of English Grammar
Author: Joseph PriestleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Theological and Miscellaneous Works
Author: Joseph PriestleyA Course of Lectures on the Theory of Language, and Universal Grammar
Author: Joseph PriestleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108064361
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Priestley's 1762 outline for nineteen lectures on linguistic topics ranging from articulation and the alphabet to syntax and metre.