The Bishop's Grammar: Robert Lowth and the Rise of Prescriptivism

by IngridTieken-BoonVanOstade (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $166.16

  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. It will appeal to everyone interested in the history of English the long-running debate on linguistic correctness.