Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism - English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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• Authors: A Auer, A. Auer, Anita Auer
• Assisted by: Kenneth A Loparo (Editor), Charle Jones (Editor), Charles Jones (Editor), Kenneth A. Loparo (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2008
• EAN: 9780230574410
• ISBN: 978-0-230-57441-0
• No. of pages: 235
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change; Palgrave Studies in Language H; Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change; Palgrave Studies in Language H
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, Linguistics, Language and Literature, Language: reference & general, Literary studies: general, Historical & comparative linguistics, Stylistics, Historical Linguistics, Philology, Comparative Linguistics, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, German;Germany;grammar;language