The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism : English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century /

This monograph focuses on the description, use and development of the inflectional subjunctive in English and German in the eighteenth century. A close comparison between meta-linguistic comments (eighteenth-century grammars) and actual language usage (corpus study) allows the evaluation of the infl...

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Main Author: Auer, Anita (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Palgrave studies in language history and language change.
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Summary:This monograph focuses on the description, use and development of the inflectional subjunctive in English and German in the eighteenth century. A close comparison between meta-linguistic comments (eighteenth-century grammars) and actual language usage (corpus study) allows the evaluation of the influence of prescriptivism on language change.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XIV, 221 pages)
ISBN:9780230584365
DOI:10.1057/9780230584365