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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781219303321

Autore

Görlach Manfred

Titolo

An annotated bibliography of nineteenth-century grammars of English / / Manfred Görlach ; with a foreword by Ian Michael

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-283-17475-8

9786613174758

90-272-8388-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 395 pages)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series V, Library & information sources in linguistics, , 0165-7267 ; ; v. 26

Altri autori (Persone)

MichaelIan

Disciplina

016.4282/09/034

Soggetti

English language - Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. An annotated bibliography of 19th-century grammars of English (ABiNGE) -- pt. 2. Alphabetical list of 19th-century English grammars by British and American authors.

Sommario/riassunto

In the 19th century, education became accessible to much wider circles of society in a great number and variety of schools and the teaching of grammar came to be obligatory from 1870/72 with the advent of general education. Whereas these general trends of the 19th century are well-known to scholars working in different disciplines of social history, and the history of education in particular, it is still true that major sections of the evidence are largely uncollected. This is especially so for school books: there is virtually a gap between the 18th century and the present grammatical traditio