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Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-Writing in Eighteenth-Century England (Hardcover)
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Grammars, Grammarians and Grammar-Writing in Eighteenth-Century England (Hardcover)
Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
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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 published online database Eighteenth
Century Collections Online (ECCO) with respect to sources of
information never previously explored or analysed (such as book
catalogues and library catalogues); Carol Percy's database on the
reception of eighteenth-century grammars in contemporary periodical
reviews; and so-called precept corpora containing data on the
treatment in a large variety of grammars (and other works) of
individual grammatical constructions. By focussing on individual
grammars and their history a number of long-standing questions are
solved with respect to the authorship of particular grammars and
related work (the Brightland/Gildon grammar and the Bellum
Grammaticale; Ann Fisher's grammar) while new questions are
identified, such as the significant change of approach between the
publication of one grammar and its second edition of seven years
later (Priestley), and the dependence of later practical grammars
(for mothers and their children) on earlier publications. The
contributions present a view of the grammarians as individuals with
(or without) specific qualifications for undertaking what they did,
with their own ideas on teaching methodology, and as writers
ultimately engaged in the common aim presenting practical grammars
of English to the general public. Interestingly - and importantly -
this collection of articles demonstrates the potential of ECCO as a
resource for further research in the field.
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