The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century |
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| Author:
| Auer, Anita |
| Contribution by:
| Jones, Charles |
| Editor:
| Loparo, Kenneth A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-230-57441-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $179.95 |
Book Description:
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This monograph focuses on the description, use and development of the inflectional subjunctive in English and German in the eighteenth century. A close comparison between meta-linguistic comments (eighteenth-century grammars) and actual language usage (corpus study) allows the evaluation of the influence of prescriptivism on language change.
This monograph focuses on the description, use and development of the inflectional subjunctive in English and German in the eighteenth century. A close comparison between meta-linguistic comments (eighteenth-century grammars) and actual language usage (corpus study) allows the evaluation of the influence of prescriptivism on language change.