The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism

English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century

A. Auer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

221 Seiten

2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-57441-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.12.2008
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change
Zusatzinfo	2 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 221 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Sprach- und Wörterbuch / Deutsch
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-230-57441-6 / 0230574416
ISBN-13	978-0-230-57441-0 / 9780230574410
Zustand	Neuware