The bishop's grammar : Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism in English /

This is a spirited account of the life and times of one of the seminal figures in history of English grammar which dispels the myth of Lowth as the icon of prescriptivism, and establishes him as a key figure in the history of English grammar.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This is a spirited account of the life and times of one of the seminal figures in history of English grammar which dispels the myth of Lowth as the icon of prescriptivism, and establishes him as a key figure in the history of English grammar.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 340 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199579273
019957927X
9780191595219
0191595217