English grammatical categories: and the tradition to 1800
Auteur :
Michael, Ian
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521143264
Date de publication :
10 juin 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 3,6 cm
Poids :
930 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Dr Michael shows that the old grammatical tradition is much less unanimous and authoritative than is often supposed, and describes a previously unknown movement to reform English grammar and make it more suited to English, which was expressed in about forty grammars during the first half of the eighteenth century.