Language and Linguistics, Linguistics, Historical and Comparative Linguistics
The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism : English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century

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

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Synopsis

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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • ISBN: 9781349365258
  • Number of pages: 221
  • Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 13 mm
  • Weight: 454g
  • Languages: English