Grammar Wars: Language as Cultural Battlefield in 17th and 18th Century EnglandRoutledge, 20.09.2017 - 226 Seiten 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 little interest, in their larger cultural and social setting to show the startling degree to which grammar affected, and was affected by, such factors as class and gender. In her examination of the controversies that surrounded the teaching and study of grammar in this period, Mitchell looks especially at changing definitions and standardization of "grammar", how and to whom it was taught, and how grammar marked the social position of marginal groups. Her comprehensive study of the contexts in which grammar was intended or thought to function is based on her analysis of the ancillary materials - prefaces, introductions, forewords, statements of intent, organization of materials, surrounding materials, and manifestos of pedagogy, philosophy, and social or political goals - of more than 300 grammar texts of the time. The book is intended as a landmark study of an important movement in the foundation of the modern world. |
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... method of pedagogy. Charles Hoole uses Lilys definition to his advantage by changing it slightly in The Latine Grammar (1651) and arguing that grammar is the “Art of Writing and Speaking aright” (2). Hoole manipulates Lilys definition ...
... method of pedagogy. Charles Hoole uses Lilys definition to his advantage by changing it slightly in The Latine Grammar (1651) and arguing that grammar is the “Art of Writing and Speaking aright” (2). Hoole manipulates Lilys definition ...
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... Method of Attaining to the Latin Tongue (1695) Archibald Lane wanted to be the first English grammarian after Wilkins to make universal claims for his work: “the true End and Use of Grammar is to teach us how to speak and write well and ...
... Method of Attaining to the Latin Tongue (1695) Archibald Lane wanted to be the first English grammarian after Wilkins to make universal claims for his work: “the true End and Use of Grammar is to teach us how to speak and write well and ...
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... methods that Comenius used to teach grammar and vocabulary. She points out that Comenius not only wanted students to acquire literacy but also to learn moral and religious values. He connected the soul with the mind for a total being ...
... methods that Comenius used to teach grammar and vocabulary. She points out that Comenius not only wanted students to acquire literacy but also to learn moral and religious values. He connected the soul with the mind for a total being ...
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... method of teaching language and evaluated Webbes method.13 Another issue that Brekle traces is the development of universal and philosophical languages. His detailed outline of Wilkinss Essay (1668) shows that Wilkins was doing ...
... method of teaching language and evaluated Webbes method.13 Another issue that Brekle traces is the development of universal and philosophical languages. His detailed outline of Wilkinss Essay (1668) shows that Wilkins was doing ...
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... methods of teaching in the lower grades. 8 Salmon 1961,1966,1964,1972,1979. 9 Salmon (1972:12). 10 Salmon (1961:325). 11 Knowlson (1975:27). 12 Brekle 1975. 13 Webbe (1622), Salmon 1979. See Webster (1970:18-21) for an informative ...
... methods of teaching in the lower grades. 8 Salmon 1961,1966,1964,1972,1979. 9 Salmon (1972:12). 10 Salmon (1961:325). 11 Knowlson (1975:27). 12 Brekle 1975. 13 Webbe (1622), Salmon 1979. See Webster (1970:18-21) for an informative ...
Inhalt
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17 | |
Hartlib Comenius Milton | 46 |
Good Grammar or Good Writing | 73 |
Battles in Universal Language and Universal Grammar | 108 |
5 Regulating Social Position | 133 |
Afterword | 165 |
Bibliography | 168 |
Index | 208 |
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