Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851) (Hardcover)

An exploration of a surprisingly combative period in the history of English grammar. Heated arguments can break out over many things: slander, insults to a person's honor-and, during one period in English history, grammar. In his new book detailing the controversies and fraught histories that accompanied efforts to regularize English grammar, Bryan A. Garner shows that the grammarians of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were a surprisingly contentious and opinionated lot. Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851) makes the primers of the period come alive in ways that their concerned and idiosyncratic authors might not have envisioned. The entries in Taming the Tongue-which has nearly five hundred color illustrations-are packed with scrupulously recorded information on the content and publication details of the primers, as well as tantalizing tales from the authors' lives. Combining scholarly rigor with lively anecdotes, Garner sheds light on the controversies and unexpectedly fiery histories of English grammatical disputes.

General

Imprint:	Grolier Club Of New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Bryan A. Garner
Dimensions:	255 x 201 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	302
ISBN-13:	978-1-60583-092-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	1-60583-092-5
Barcode:	9781605830926

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