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Twenty-first-century grammarians of English might incorporate data derived from any of these sources. That was not necessarily true for their predecessors. However, it is worthwhile keeping in mind that, as Andrew Linn wrote, ‘grammar-writing in the modern age carries its past with it’ (2006: 74).
Even Priestley's grammar, with 283 comments in the second edition, a considerable increase compared to the first, takes up a higher position in the table than Lowth. This remarkable phenomenon confirms the need to review the iconic status of both grammarians and their work.
Dec 22, 2016 · The Handbook is divided into five parts. Part I deals with the philosophical questions related to Universal Grammar (UG), Part II deals with general questions of linguistic theory, Part II with language acquisition, Part IV with comparative syntax and Part V with wider issues.
Aug 28, 2018 · The main sources on grammarians, in addition to their own works, are to be found, for the Greeks, in the Souda ’s biographical entries (a Byzantine encyclopedic dictionary from the end of the 10th century), Sextus Empiricus (Against the Professors), and Diogenes Laërtius (Lives of the Philosophers); for the Latins, in Suetonius (De grammaticis e...
Feb 17, 2021 · Instead, the debate has reverted to inappropriate “what works” discourses. This article discusses these discourses and the need to re-imagine why and how we teach grammar, drawing on sustained and cumulative research evidence. KEYWORDS: Grammar. metalinguistic understanding.
- Debra Myhill
- 2021
Aug 27, 2008 · The book offers insight into the publication history of eighteenth-century English grammars in unprecedented detail. It is based on a close analysis of various types of relevant information: Alston's bibliography of 1965, showing that this source needs to be revised urgently; the recently published online database (ECCO) with respect to sources ...
Oct 25, 2024 · Depending on the grammarian’s approach, a grammar can be prescriptive (i.e., provide rules for correct usage), descriptive (i.e., describe how a language is actually used), or generative (i.e., provide instructions for the production of an infinite number of sentences in a language).
