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Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-writing in Eighteenth-century England.
The book offers insight into the publication history of eighteenth-century English grammars in unprecedented detail. It is based on a close analysis of various types of relevant information: Alston's bibliography of 1965, showing that this source needs to be revised urgently; the recently publi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Walter de Gruyter,
2008.
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| Colección: | Topics in English Linguistics, v. 59.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter; Table of contents; Grammars, grammarians and grammar writing: An introduction; Background: Introduction; The eighteenth-century grammarians as language experts; Grammar writers in eighteenth-century Britain: A community of practice or a discourse community?; Eighteenth-century grammars and book catalogues; Reception and the market for grammars: Introduction; Bellum Grammaticale (1712)
- A battle of books and a battle for the market; The 1760s: Grammars, grammarians and the booksellers; Mid-century grammars and their reception in the Monthly Review and the Critical Review.