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Jun 17, 2021 · Since the publication of the first UK National Curriculum for English in 1989, this approach to “grammar” has been called “Knowledge about Language” because it eschews a priori notions of correctness in favour of an analysis of language in use. Our enquiry will adopt this larger definition of grammar.
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Sep 24, 2014 · From September through November 2014, Grammar-land: Learning to Write in America (1700-1930) is on display in the lobby of the W.S. Hoole Library on the second floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall. Curated by Russ McConnell and designed by Amy Chen, this exhibition explores the history of grammar instruction in the United States.
Attitudes toward English Usage: The History of a War of Words. New York: Teachers College Press, 1980. Surveys views on language use, beginning with 18th-century grammar writings and ending with Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, published in 1961. Follows the evolution of thought on how grammar should be understood and taught.
It describes a brief renaissance in the 50's and early 60's, inspired largely by the structural grammar of C. C Fries, and examines the confluence of forces that brought that budding change to an abrupt close--the ascendancy of generative grammar, NCTE policy, including the 1963 Braddock report and the 1986 Hillocks update, whole language approaches to language acquisition, the ascendancy of ...
educated users” (p. 20). It should be noted that throughout the history of grammar teaching, as far back as Lowth’s A Short Introduction to English Grammar, published in 1762 – and in handbooks up to the present time – usage and grammar have been seen as synonymous.
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May 8, 2015 · It describes a brief renaissance in the 50's and early 60's, inspired largely by the structural grammar of C. C Fries, and examines the confluence of forces that brought that budding change to an ...
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This chapter aims to provide readers with insight into the history of English-language grammar writing. It is impossible to survey here the full scope of the topic: English grammars have been published since the late 1500s (Alston 1965), and vary widely in purpose, reception, intended readership, socio-cultural context, and level of detail—among other factors.
