Founding Grammars
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Founding Grammars
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Author : Rosemarie Ostler
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2015-05-12
Founding Grammars written by Rosemarie Ostler and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Who decided not to split infinitives? With whom should we take issue if in fact, we wish to boldly write what no grammarian hath writ before? In Founding Grammars, Rosemarie Ostler delves into the roots of our grammar obsession to answer these questions and many more. Standard grammar and accurate spelling are widely considered hallmarks of a good education, but their exact definitions are much more contentious - capable of inciting a full-blown grammar war at the splice of a comma, battles readily visible in the media and online in the comments of blogs and chat rooms. With an accessible and enthusiastic journalistic approach, Ostler considers these grammatical shibboleths, tracing current debates back to America's earliest days, an era when most families owned only two books - the Bible and a grammar primer. Along the way, she investigates colorful historical characters on both sides of the grammar debate in her efforts to unmask the origins of contemporary speech. Linguistic founding fathers like Noah Webster, Tory expatriate Lindley Murray, and post-Civil War literary critic Richard Grant White,all play a featured role in creating the rules we've come to use, and occasionally discard, throughout the years. Founding Grammars is for curious readers who want to know where grammar rules have come from, where they've been, and where they might go next.
Chapters Of Dependency Grammar
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Author : András Imrényi
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2020-02-06
Chapters Of Dependency Grammar written by András Imrényi and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Was Tesnière the founding father of dependency grammar or merely a culmination point in its long history? Leaving no doubt that the latter position is correct, Chapters of Dependency Grammar tells the story of how dependency-oriented grammatical description developed from Antiquity up to the early 20th century. From Priscian’s Rome to Dmitrievsky’s Russia, from the French Encyclopaedia to Stephen W. Clark’s school grammars in 19th century America, it is shown how the concept of dependencies (asymmetric word-to-word relations) surfaced again and again, assuming a central place in syntax. A particularly intriguing aspect of the storyline is that even without any direct contact or influence, authors were making key breakthroughs in similar directions. In the works of Sámuel Brassai, a Transylvanian polymath, and Franz Kern, a German grammarian, the first dependency trees appear in 1873 and 1883, respectively, predating Tesnière’s stemmas by several decades.
The Gothic Language
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Author : Irmengard Rauch
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Release Date : 2003
The Gothic Language written by Irmengard Rauch and has been published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Underspecification, utilizing inheritance trees, also infuses the inflectional morphology, which admits a non-configurational syntax with verb-headed clauses. This book also brings the reader into the ambience of the fourth-century Goths. Readings from the Wulfilian bible, the extant eight pages of the Skeireins, together with a glossary, a bibliography and index, complete this volume..
New Inductive Grammar Of The E
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Author : Solomon Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-29
New Inductive Grammar Of The E written by Solomon Barrett and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-29 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The United States Of English
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Author : Rosemarie Ostler
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-08-01
The United States Of English written by Rosemarie Ostler and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The story of how English became American -- and how it became Southern, Bostonian, Californian, African-American, Chicano, elite, working-class, urban, rural, and everything in between By the time of the Revolution, the English that Americans spoke was recognizably different from the British variety. Americans added dozens of new words to the language, either borrowed from Native Americans (raccoon, persimmon, caucus) or created from repurposed English (backwoods, cane brake, salt lick). Americans had their own pronunciations (bath rhymed with hat, not hot) and their own spelling (honor, not honour), not to mention a host of new expressions that grew out of the American landscape and culture (blaze a trail, back track, pull up stakes). Americans even invented their own slang, like stiff as a ringbolt to mean drunk. American English has continued to grow and change ever since. The United States of English tells the engrossing tale of how the American language evolved over four hundred years, explaining both how and why it changed and which parts of the "mother tongue" it preserved (I guess was heard in the British countryside long before it became a typical Americanism). Rosemarie Ostler approaches American English as part of the larger story of American history and culture, starting with what we know about the first colonists and their speech. Drawing on the latest research, she explores the roots of regional dialects, the differences between British and American language use, the sources of American slang, the development of African American English, current trends in political language, and much more. Plentiful examples of the American vernacular, past and present, bring the language to life and make for an engaging as well as enlightening read.
A System Of English Grammar Founded On The Philosophy Of Language And The Practice Of The Best Authors For Use In Schools And In Private Study
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Author : Charles Walker Connon (M.A.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1845
A System Of English Grammar Founded On The Philosophy Of Language And The Practice Of The Best Authors For Use In Schools And In Private Study written by Charles Walker Connon (M.A.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1845 with categories.
Splendiferous Speech
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Author : Rosemarie Ostler
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2018-11-06
Splendiferous Speech written by Rosemarie Ostler and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
What does it mean to talk like an American? According to John Russell Bartlett's 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms, it means indulging in outlandish slang—splendiferous, scrumptious, higgledy-piggledy—and free-and-easy word creation—demoralize, lengthy, gerrymander. American English is more than just vocabulary, though. It's a picturesque way of talking that includes expressions like go the whole hog, and the wild boasts of frontiersman Davy Crockett, who claimed to be "half horse, half alligator, and a touch of the airthquake." Splendiferous Speech explores the main sources of the American vernacular—the expanding western frontier, the bumptious world of politics, and the sensation-filled pages of popular 19th-century newspapers. It's a process that started with the earliest English colonists (first word adoption—the Algonquian raccoon) and follows Americans as they learn to declare linguistic independence and embrace their own brand of speech. For anyone who wonders how we got from the English of King James to the slang of the Internet, it's an exhilarating ride.
Swedish
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Author : Ian Hinchliffe
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-01-29
Swedish written by Ian Hinchliffe and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-29 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This fully revised third edition of Swedish: An Essential Grammar incorporates changes proposed to Swedish grammar by Svenska Akademiens grammatik. Examples have been fully updated and the bibliography has been expanded. Swedish: An Essential Grammar provides a fresh and accessible description of the language. Explanations are free of jargon and emphasis has been placed on areas of Swedish that pose a particular challenge for English-speaking learners. The book offers: • a clear, accessible format; • authentic examples of language use, taken from a range of media; • clear, jargon-free explanations of grammar. Suitable for independent study or for class-based tuition, Swedish: An Essential Grammar continues to be an invaluable source to all learners looking to improve their knowledge of Swedish grammar.
An Introduction To An English Grammar Containing I A Compendious Way To Master Any Language In The World Ii A Particular Account Of Those Eastern And Northern Tongues Grammars Of Which Are Not Publish D In The Collection To Which This Attempt Belongs Iii A Dissertation On The Saxon Iv A Grammar Of It Being Number X Of The Complete Linguist Etc
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Author : John HENLEY (called “Orator Henley.”.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1726
An Introduction To An English Grammar Containing I A Compendious Way To Master Any Language In The World Ii A Particular Account Of Those Eastern And Northern Tongues Grammars Of Which Are Not Publish D In The Collection To Which This Attempt Belongs Iii A Dissertation On The Saxon Iv A Grammar Of It Being Number X Of The Complete Linguist Etc written by John HENLEY (called “Orator Henley.”.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1726 with categories.
A New Inductive Grammar Of The English Language
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Author : Solomon Barrett (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1866
A New Inductive Grammar Of The English Language written by Solomon Barrett (Jr.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1866 with English language categories.