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Author Sundby, Bertil.

Title A dictionary of English normative grammar 1700-1800 (DENG) / Bertil Sundby, anne Kari Bjørge, Kari E. Haugland
Published Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991

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Description 1 online resource (486 pages)
Series Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; 63
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; 63.
Contents A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH NORMATIVE GRAMMAR 1700-1800; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; THE DICTIONARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary Eighteenth-century English grammarians plead eloquently for purity, precision and perspicuity, but their method of teaching largely amounts to citing examples of impurity, imprecision and lack of clarity from contemporary writings. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed systematic account of such 'errors'. Apart from source and page references, the Dictionary gives the context of the error (I have not wept this forty years), the correct or 'target' form ('these forty years'), the name of the authors quoted by the grammarians ('Addison', 'Swift'), and the labels which sum up t
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-462) and index
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Subject English language -- Grammar -- Terminology.
English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries.
Language and languages.
Linguistics.
English language -- 18th century -- Grammar -- Terminology
English language -- 18th century -- Usage -- Dictionaries
Language
Linguistics
linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
English language -- Grammar
English language -- Usage
Language and languages
Linguistics
Grammatik
Wörterbuch
Grammatica.
Engels.
Englisch.
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Terminology
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Form Electronic book
Author Bjørge, Anne Kari.
Haugland, Kari E.
LC no. 91043663
ISBN 9789027277688
9027277680