Author: J. C. NesfieldPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
English Grammar Past and Present in Three Parts
Author: J. C. NesfieldEnglish Grammar, Past and Present
Author: John Collinson NesfieldPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Language Between Description and Prescription
Author: Lieselotte AnderwaldPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190624663
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Language Between Description and Prescription is an empirical, quantitative and qualitative study of nineteenth-century English grammar writing, and of nineteenth-century language change. Based on 258 grammar books from Britain and North America, the book investigates whether grammar writers of the time noticed the language changing around them, and how they reacted. In particular, Lieselotte Anderwald demonstrates that not all features undergoing change were noticed in the first place, those that were noticed were not necessarily criticized, and some recessive features were not upheld as correct. The features investigated come from the verb phrase and include in particular variable past tense forms, which -although noticed-often went uncommented, and where variation was acknowledged; the decline of the be-perfect, where the older form (the be-perfect) was criticized emphatically, and corrected; the rise of the progressive, which was embraced enthusiastically, and which was even upheld as a symbol of national superiority, at least in Britain; the rise of the progressive passive, which was one of the most violently hated constructions of the time, and the rise of the get-passive, which was only rarely commented on, and even more rarely in negative terms. Throughout the book, nineteenth-century grammarians are given a voice, and the discussions in grammar books of the time are portrayed. The book's quantitative approach makes it possible to examine majority and minority positions in the discourse community of nineteenth-century grammar writers, and the changes in accepted opinion over time. The terms of the debate are also investigated, and linked to the wider cultural climate of the time. Although grammar writing in the nineteenth century was very openly prescriptivist, the studies in this book show that many prescriptive dicta contained interesting grains of descriptive detail, and that eventually prescriptivism had only a small-scale, short-term effect on the actual language used.
The Handbook of English Linguistics
Author: Bas AartsPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 140517840X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
The Handbook of English Linguistics is a collection ofarticles written by leading specialists on all core areas ofEnglish linguistics that provides a state-of-the-art account ofresearch in the field. Brings together articles from the core areas of Englishlinguistics, including syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, aswell as variation, discourse, stylistics and usage Written by specialists from around the world Provides an introduction to a key area of English Linguisticsand includes a discussion of the most recent theoretical anddescriptive research, as well as extensive bibliographicreferences
A Practical English Grammar
Author: John FrostPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
English Grammar, Past and Present
Author: John Collinson NesfieldPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Rudiments of Latin and English Grammar
Author: Alexander AdamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A Treatise Upon Some Topics on English Grammar, with Selections for Analysis, Recitation & Reading
Author: William C. GoldthwaitPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An introduction to English grammar
Author: Adam SpeersPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Author: English grammar