Who Climbs the Grammar-Tree

Who Climbs the Grammar-Tree
Author: Rosemarie Tracy
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 541
Release: 2011-05-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3111633829

Over the past few decades, the book series Linguistische Arbeiten [Linguistic Studies], comprising over 500 volumes, has made a significant contribution to the development of linguistic theory both in Germany and internationally. The series will continue to deliver new impulses for research and maintain the central insight of linguistics that progress can only be made in acquiring new knowledge about human languages both synchronically and diachronically by closely combining empirical and theoretical analyses. To this end, we invite submission of high-quality linguistic studies from all the central areas of general linguistics and the linguistics of individual languages which address topical questions, discuss new data and advance the development of linguistic theory.

The Teaching of English

The Teaching of English
Author: Ian Michael
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1987-05-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780521241960

Not only academic educationalists interested in the history of the curriculum, but teachers - from primary schools to University, will find this book of compelling interest.

An Annotated Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century Grammars of English

An Annotated Bibliography of Nineteenth-Century Grammars of English
Author: Manfred Görlach
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1998-11-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027283885

In the 19th century, education became accessible to much wider circles of society in a great number and variety of schools and the teaching of grammar came to be obligatory from 1870/72 with the advent of general education. Whereas these general trends of the 19th century are well-known to scholars working in different disciplines of social history, and the history of education in particular, it is still true that major sections of the evidence are largely uncollected. This is especially so for school books: there is virtually a gap between the 18th century and the present grammatical tradition. This bibliography lists some 1930 works on English grammar published in the 19th century, mainly in Britain and the US, half of which are accompanied by short descriptions of their physical make-up, content and affiliation.

Norms and Conventions in the History of English

Norms and Conventions in the History of English
Author: Birte Bös
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2019-06-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027262462

This volume explores changing norms and conventions in the English language, as displayed in a broad range of historical data from more than five centuries. The contributions discuss the interplay of sociocultural conditions, specific discourse traditions and structural aspects of language, paying special attention to the communities where norms and conventions are displayed and shaped in verbal interaction. The volume is enriched by systematic terminological clarifications, interdisciplinary approaches and the introduction of new methods like network analysis and advanced analytical tools and forms of visualisation into the diachronic investigation of historical texts.