English traditional grammars : an international perspective /
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Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1991. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (x, 392 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences, 0304-0720 ; v. 62 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ; v. 62. |
Subject: | English language -- Grammar -- Textbooks. Anglais (Langue) -- Grammaire -- Manuels. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General. English language -- Grammar. Engels. Grammatica's. Grammatik Kongress Grammatiktheorie Aufsatzsammlung Geschichte Englisch. Electronic books. Textbooks. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279392 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Foreword
- 2. "Why can't someone write a nice simple grammar?"
- 3. Part I: Native Grammars of English
- 4. More Than Enough English Grammars
- 5. Trends That Shaped the Development of 19th Century American Grammar Writing
- 6. W.D. Whitney's Essentials of English Grammar
- 7. E.A. Sonnenschein and Grammatical Terminology
- 8. Factors in the Growth of the English Language in 18th and 19th Century Ireland
- 9. The\Fowler Brothers and the Tradition of Usage Handbooks
- 10. American English Grammars in the Twentieth Century
- 11. Part II
- 12. English Grammar Writing
- 13. E. Kruisinga
- 14. English Grammars in Postwar Czechoslovakia
- 15. German Grammars of English prior to 1860
- 16. E.A. Maetzner
- 17. Karl and Max Deutschbein's English Grammar Manuals
- 18. Adolf Lamprecht's (German) Grammar of English
- 19. Part III: Grammatical Analyses
- 20. Traditional Grammars of English
- 21. Reference and Articles
- 22. Tense and Aspect in German Grammars of English in the Past Fifty Years
- 23. Modality and the Modals in Traditional Grammars of English
- 24. The\Role of American English in Traditional Grammars of English
- 25. Summaries
- 26. Name index