Ostler, Rosemarie
Founding grammars : how early America's war over words shaped today's language / Rosemarie Ostler - New York : St. Martin's Press, c2015. - vii, 309 p. ; 22 cm.
Grammar for a new country -- Grammar for different classes of learners -- The value of grammar -- Rational grammar -- Grammar and gentility -- The science of Ggammar -- Grammar for a new century -- The persistence of grammar.
Explores where grammar rules have come from, where they've been, and where they might go next.
9781250046123 1250046122
2015007263
English language--Grammar--History
English language--Lexicology, Historical
English language--Etymology
English language--Grammar--History
English language
Linguistics
English language--Etymology
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
427/.973
Founding grammars : how early America's war over words shaped today's language / Rosemarie Ostler - New York : St. Martin's Press, c2015. - vii, 309 p. ; 22 cm.
Grammar for a new country -- Grammar for different classes of learners -- The value of grammar -- Rational grammar -- Grammar and gentility -- The science of Ggammar -- Grammar for a new century -- The persistence of grammar.
Explores where grammar rules have come from, where they've been, and where they might go next.
9781250046123 1250046122
2015007263
English language--Grammar--History
English language--Lexicology, Historical
English language--Etymology
English language--Grammar--History
English language
Linguistics
English language--Etymology
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
427/.973