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The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism Charles Jones

The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism By Charles Jones

The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism by Charles Jones

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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.

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The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism: English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century by Charles Jones

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.

About Charles Jones

ANITA AUER is an Assistant Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Utrecht, Netherlands. She has taught and lectured in Austria, England and the Netherlands. Her research interests and publications are mainly focused on historical linguistics in relation to English and German.

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction Eighteenth-Century English Grammars and the Subjunctive Mood The Subjunctive Mood in Eighteenth-Century England: A Corpus Study Eighteenth-Century German Grammars and the Subjunctive Mood The Subjunctive Mood in Eighteenth-Century Germany and Austria: A Corpus Study Standardisation Processes in England and the German-speaking Areas Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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NLS9781349365258
9781349365258
1349365254
The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism: English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century by Charles Jones
Charles Jones
Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change
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Palgrave Macmillan
2008-12-19
221
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