The bishop's grammar [electronic resource] : Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism in English /
by Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (xv, 340 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191595219 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787 | English language -- Grammar | English language -- StandardizationOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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