A dictionary of English normative grammar 1700-1800 (DENG) / Bertil Sundby, anne Kari Bjørge, Kari E. Haugland.

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Sundby, Bertil

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TextSeries: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; ; 63.Publication details: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991.Description: 1 online resource (486 pages)Content type:

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9789027277688
9027277680

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Dictionary of English Normative Grammar 1700-1800 (DENG).DDC classification:

428.2 23

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PE1083

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HF 173

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Contents:

A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH NORMATIVE GRAMMAR 1700-1800; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; THE DICTIONARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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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.

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Includes index.

A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH NORMATIVE GRAMMAR 1700-1800; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; THE DICTIONARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-462) and index.

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