Robert Lowth (1710-1787): The making of his grammar and its influence
Special issue of Historiographia Linguistica 39:1 (2012)
Guest Editor
[Historiographia Linguistica, 39:1] 2012. vi, 183 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 22 March 2012
Published online on 22 March 2012
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Table of Contents
- Robert Lowth as a Codifier of the English Language: An introductionIngrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade | pp. 1–8
- Robert Lowth and the Critics: Literary contexts for the “Critical Notes” in his Short Introduction to English Grammar (1762)Carol Percy | pp. 9–26
- Lowth’s Legacy in Teaching English to Foreigners: The case of Thomas Connelly’s English grammar in SpainMaría E. Rodríguez-Gil | pp. 27–42
- ‘Lowthian’ Linguistics across the North SeaGijsbert Rutten | pp. 43–60
- “My imperfect attempt towards an English Grammar”: Lowth’s indebtedness to James Harris in revising his grammarIngrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade | pp. 61–75
- Lowth and ‘Perfect Time’: The periphrastic have-perfect in 18th-century English grammarsJim Walker | pp. 77–92
- Heinrich Christoph Albrecht’s Versuch einer critischen Englischen Sprachlehre : Tracing Robert Lowth in an 18th-century textbook for the teaching and learning of EnglishGöran Wolf | pp. 93–106
- Lowth Holdings in Winchester CollegeGeoffrey Day & Suzanne Foster | pp. 107–114
- De la grammatisation à la linguistique générale : Un parcours d’histoire et d’épistémologieLia Formigari | pp. 115–122
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- Henning Klöter. 2011. The Language of the Sangleys: A Chinese vernacular in missionary sources of the seventeenth centuryReviewed by W. South Coblin | pp. 129–133
- Toon Van Hal. 2010. “Moedertalen en taalmoeders”: Het vroegmoderne taalvergelijkende onderzoek in de Lage LandenReviewed by Kees Dekker | pp. 134–138
- Felicity Henderson & William Poole (eds). 2011. Francis Lodwick, On Language, Theology, and UtopiaReviewed by Nicholas McDowell | pp. 139–142
- Erik Butler. 2010. The Bellum Grammaticale and the Rise of European LiteratureReviewed by Tuomo Fonsén | pp. 143–147
- Giedrius Subačius. 2011. The experts of Lithuanian in the service of the Russian empire: Dmitrij Kashirin, Zacharijus Liackis and Andrius Poidėnas [Lietuvių kalbos ekspertai Rusijos imperijos tarnyboje: Dmitrijus Kaširinas, Zacharijus Liackis, Andrius Poidėnas]Reviewed by William R. Schmalstieg | pp. 148–152
- Thomas Stolz, Christina Vossmann & Barbara Dewein (Herausgegeben von). 2011. Kolonialzeitliche SprachforschungRezensiert von Anne Storch | pp. 153–158
- Ludwig Jäger. 2010. Ferdinand de Saussure zur EinführungRezensiert von Peter Wunderli | pp. 159–167
- Robin D. Rollinger. 2010. Philosophy of Language and Other Matters in the Work of Anton Marty: Analysis and TranslationsRezensiert von Clemens Knobloch | pp. 168–172
- Hans-Harald Müller, Marcel Lepper & Andreas Gardt (Herausgegeben von). 2010. Strukturalismus in Deutschland: Literatur- und Sprachwissenschaft 1910–1975Rezensiert von Jörn Albrecht | pp. 173–178
- Klaas-Hinrich Ehlers. 2010. Der Wille zur Relevanz. Die Sprachforschung und ihre Förderung durch die DFG 1920–1970Rezensiert von Andreas Gardt | pp. 179–183
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