THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
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Title: THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Essays By English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
Author(s): BOLTON, W. F.
Category: Language & Writing
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Softcover
Published: 1966
Published By: Cambridge University Press
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: 227

Condition

Very good original condition, some wear to covers, pages clean. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

About the English language by English and American men of letters, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries.

The writers represented are concerned with the history, the use, the reform or the changing nature of English.

Includes the defence of English as a literary language; the relationship with other languages; propriety in literary style; the psychological bases of speech; the relationship between words and things; usage; the need for academies and standards of correctness; the rise of lexicography; spelling reform; prescriptive grammar.

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