Language Between Description And Prescription

Verbs And Verb Categories In Nineteenth-Century Grammars Of English

by Lieselotte Anderwald
language: english
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC, August of 2016 ‧
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Based on 258 English grammar books, Language Between Description and Prescription investigates nineteenth-century grammar writing relating to actual language change, especially in the verb phrase. Lieselotte Andewald proposes that not all changes were noticed in the first place, and those that were noticed were not necessarily criticized.

Language Between Description And Prescription

Verbs And Verb Categories In Nineteenth-Century Grammars Of English

by Lieselotte Anderwald

Property Description
ISBN: 9780190270674
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC
Release Date: August of 2016
Language: English
Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 20 mm
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Format: Book
Collection: Oxford Studies In The History Of English
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
EAN: 9780190270674