Tudor to Augustan English : a study in syntax and style from Caxton to Johnson /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Partridge, A. C. (Astley Cooper)
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Deutsch, 1969.
Series:	Language library.
Subjects:	English language > Great Britain > Syntax. English language > Great Britain > Style. English literature > History and criticism. English language > Syntax. English language > Style. Anglais (Langue) > Syntaxe. Anglais (Langue) > Stylistique. Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique. Anglais (Langue) > Grande-Bretagne > Stylistique. English literature. Great Britain. Englisch Syntax Anglais (langue) > Syntaxe > Histoire. Anglais (langue) > Stylistique > Histoire. Englisch. Geschichte 1485-1785. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Social strata and levels of communication
Colloquial English
Literary English
The relation of syntax to style
Smaller grammatical factors in syntax and style. Substitute, group and objective genitives ; Gerunds ; Participle ; Infinitives ; Negation ; Adverbs ; Prepositions
Further grammatical factors in style: the verb. Tenses and modal auxiliaries ; Subjunctive ; Transitive and intransitive ; Passive constructions ; Refexive constructions ; Impersonal constructions
Syntax and style concluded. Concord ; Conjunctions ; Subordination ; Relative clauses ; Word order
Changes in the concept of grammar: John Hart, William Bullokar, Alexander Gill, Charles Butler, Simon Daines, Ben Jonson, John Wallis, Christopher Cooper, The Writing Scholar's Companion A. Lane, John Jones, Samuel Johnson, Robert Lowth, Joseph Priestley, Noah Webster
Conclusion. Compound epithets ; Passages analyzed ; Euphuism and Arcadianism ; Rhythm and tone ; Poetic diction and denominative verbs ; The rhetoricians George Campbell and Hugh Blair.