Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid.
The bishop's grammar Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism in English / [electronic resource] : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 340 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780191595219 (ebook) : No price
Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787.
English language--Grammar.
English language--Standardization.
PE1074.7
425
The bishop's grammar Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism in English / [electronic resource] : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 340 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780191595219 (ebook) : No price
Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787.
English language--Grammar.
English language--Standardization.
PE1074.7
425