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The Bishop's Grammar - Robert Lowth and the Rise of Prescriptivism (Hardcover, New)
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The Bishop's Grammar - Robert Lowth and the Rise of Prescriptivism (Hardcover, New)
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This spirited account of the life and times of one of the seminal
figures in history of English grammar dispels the myth of Lowth as
the icon of prescriptivism, and establishes him as the most
important figure in eighteenth-century English grammar.
Ingrid Tiecken-Boon van Ostade reexamines the life and work of
Robert Lowth (1710-1787), founder of the grammatical prescriptivism
so deprecated by modern linguists and educational theorists. She
considers Lowth and his grammar in the context of his times and
from the perspective of his aims and readership. She shows that,
once the grammar had been accepted for publication, it developed
into a publishers' project similar to Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
of the English Language to which it was intended as a complement.
Professor Tiecken draws on contemporary sources, including Lowth's
extensive correspondence and unpublished memoir, to explore the
social networks, aspirations, beliefs, and reading habits that
informed and shaped his grammar and ideas on language. (She notes
that Lowth's own language often falls short of the norms and
strictures advanced in his book.) By comparing the grammar - in
particular the problems of usage dealt with in its sections on
syntax - with guides from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,
she redefines Lowth's seminal position in the history of handbooks
for correct usage, as well as his role in the establishment of the
canon of prescriptivism.
This book will appeal to all those interested in the history of
English, the role of language in the Enlightenment, and the
long-running debate on linguistic correctness and the merits or
otherwise of prescriptive rules in the teaching and use of English.
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