Language between description and prescription : verbs and verb categories in nineteenth-century grammars of English

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The work Language between description and prescription : verbs and verb categories in nineteenth-century grammars of English represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Language between description and prescription : verbs and verb categories in nineteenth-century grammars of English

Title remainder

verbs and verb categories in nineteenth-century grammars of English

Statement of responsibility

Lieselotte Anderwald

Creator

• Anderwald, Lieselotte, 1969-
• Anderwald, Lieselotte, 1969-

Author

• Anderwald, Lieselotte, 1969-
• Anderwald, Lieselotte, 1969-

Subject

• English language -- 19th century -- Grammar
• English language -- 19th century -- Standardization
• English language -- 19th century -- Tense
• English language -- 19th century -- Verb

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Online access with subscription: University Press scholarship online (Oxford scholarship online)
• Oxford studies in the history of English

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

425.609034

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Specialized

LC call number

PE1085

LC item number

.A67 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Oxford studies in the history of English

Target audience

specialized