1st Edition
Grammar Wars Language as Cultural Battlefield in 17th and 18th Century England
By Linda Mitchell
Copyright 2001
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2001: Although 17th- and 18th-century English language theorists claimed to be correcting errors in grammar and preserving the language from corruption, this new study demonstrates how grammar served as an important cultural battlefield where social issues were contested. Author Linda C. Mitchell situates early modern linguistic discussions, long thought to be of... Read more
Introduction; 1: Vernacular Claims Victory; 2: “Reformation of Schooles”: Hartlib, Comenius, Milton; 3: The Battle: Good Grammar or Good Writing; 4: Repairing Babel: Battles in Universal Language and Universal Grammar; 5: Regulating Social Position
Biography
Linda Mitchell
