Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars
Ute Dons
Apr 2012 · Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Book 47 · Walter de Gruyter
5.0star
1 reviewreport
Ebook
315
Pages
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
The book deals with the development of descriptive models of English grammar writing during the Early Modern English period. For the first time, morphology and syntax as presented in Early Modern English grammars are systematically investigated as a whole. The statements of the contemporary grammarians are compared to hypotheses made in modern descriptions of Early Modern English and, where necessary, checked against the Early Modern English part of the Helsinki Corpus. Thus, a comprehensive overview of the characteristic features of Early Modern English is complemented by conclusions about the descriptive adequacy of Early Modern English grammars. It becomes evident that comments by contemporary authors occasionally reflect the corpus data more adequately than the statements found in modern secondary literature.
This book is useful for (advanced) university students, as well as for scholars of English and grammarians in general.
Ratings and reviews
5.0
1 review
About the author
Ute Dons is affiliated with the Technical University Aachen, Germany.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
