Author: Bertil Sundby
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027277680
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Eighteenth-century English grammarians plead eloquently for purity, precision and perspicuity, but their method of teaching largely amounts to citing examples of impurity, imprecision and lack of clarity from contemporary writings. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed systematic account of such 'errors'. Apart from source and page references, the Dictionary gives the context of the error (I have not wept this forty years), the correct or 'target' form ('these forty years'), the name of the authors quoted by the grammarians ('Addison', 'Swift'), and the labels which sum up their assessment of the error ('absurd', 'solecism'). It operates with error categories such as ambiguity, ellipsis and government (fourteen in all), which are subdivided into grammatically described main entries, subentries, and so on. The Introduction includes a guide to the use of the Dictionary, the grammatical code, and a discussion of grammatical concepts, error typologies, problems of identifying literary sources, attitudes to correctness, grammatical figures, and other topics. A Bibliography and an Index of lexical items and technical terms round off the volume. The way the Dictionary is organized should make it possible to find in it the answer to a wide variety of questions pertaining to grammar, style and linguistic historiography.
A Dictionary of English Normative Grammar 17001800 (DENG)
Author: Bertil Sundby
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027277680
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Eighteenth-century English grammarians plead eloquently for purity, precision and perspicuity, but their method of teaching largely amounts to citing examples of impurity, imprecision and lack of clarity from contemporary writings. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed systematic account of such 'errors'. Apart from source and page references, the Dictionary gives the context of the error (I have not wept this forty years), the correct or 'target' form ('these forty years'), the name of the authors quoted by the grammarians ('Addison', 'Swift'), and the labels which sum up their assessment of the error ('absurd', 'solecism'). It operates with error categories such as ambiguity, ellipsis and government (fourteen in all), which are subdivided into grammatically described main entries, subentries, and so on. The Introduction includes a guide to the use of the Dictionary, the grammatical code, and a discussion of grammatical concepts, error typologies, problems of identifying literary sources, attitudes to correctness, grammatical figures, and other topics. A Bibliography and an Index of lexical items and technical terms round off the volume. The way the Dictionary is organized should make it possible to find in it the answer to a wide variety of questions pertaining to grammar, style and linguistic historiography.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027277680
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Eighteenth-century English grammarians plead eloquently for purity, precision and perspicuity, but their method of teaching largely amounts to citing examples of impurity, imprecision and lack of clarity from contemporary writings. This book is the first of its kind to provide a detailed systematic account of such 'errors'. Apart from source and page references, the Dictionary gives the context of the error (I have not wept this forty years), the correct or 'target' form ('these forty years'), the name of the authors quoted by the grammarians ('Addison', 'Swift'), and the labels which sum up their assessment of the error ('absurd', 'solecism'). It operates with error categories such as ambiguity, ellipsis and government (fourteen in all), which are subdivided into grammatically described main entries, subentries, and so on. The Introduction includes a guide to the use of the Dictionary, the grammatical code, and a discussion of grammatical concepts, error typologies, problems of identifying literary sources, attitudes to correctness, grammatical figures, and other topics. A Bibliography and an Index of lexical items and technical terms round off the volume. The way the Dictionary is organized should make it possible to find in it the answer to a wide variety of questions pertaining to grammar, style and linguistic historiography.
The history of Herodotus
Author: Herodotus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Saint Sebastian's Abyss
Author: Mark Haber
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 1566896444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
“What I wanted more than anything was to be standing beside Schmidt, in concert with Schmidt, at the foot of Saint Sebastian’s Abyss along with Schmidt, hands cupped to the sides of our faces, debating art, transcendence, and the glory of the apocalypse.” Former best friends who built their careers writing about a single work of art meet after a decades-long falling-out. One of them, called to the other’s deathbed for unknown reasons by a “relatively short” nine-page email, spends his flight to Berlin reflecting on Dutch Renaissance painter Count Hugo Beckenbauer and his masterpiece, Saint Sebastian’s Abyss, the work that established both men as important art critics and also destroyed their relationship. A darkly comic meditation on art, obsession, and the enigmatic power of friendship, Saint Sebastian’s Abyss stalks the museum halls of Europe, feverishly seeking salvation, annihilation, and the meaning of belief.
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 1566896444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
“What I wanted more than anything was to be standing beside Schmidt, in concert with Schmidt, at the foot of Saint Sebastian’s Abyss along with Schmidt, hands cupped to the sides of our faces, debating art, transcendence, and the glory of the apocalypse.” Former best friends who built their careers writing about a single work of art meet after a decades-long falling-out. One of them, called to the other’s deathbed for unknown reasons by a “relatively short” nine-page email, spends his flight to Berlin reflecting on Dutch Renaissance painter Count Hugo Beckenbauer and his masterpiece, Saint Sebastian’s Abyss, the work that established both men as important art critics and also destroyed their relationship. A darkly comic meditation on art, obsession, and the enigmatic power of friendship, Saint Sebastian’s Abyss stalks the museum halls of Europe, feverishly seeking salvation, annihilation, and the meaning of belief.
A Personal Narrative of the Euphrates Expedition
Author: William Ainsworth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asia, Western
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The History of Herodotus
Author: George Rawlinson
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382336057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1858. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382336057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1858. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Reports of the Department of the Interior
Author: United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
The History of Herodots ; A New English Version, Edited with Copious Notes and Appendices ... by George Rawlinson, Assisted by Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson, K.C.B., and Sir J. G. Wilkinson
Author: Herodotus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
History of Herodotus
Author: Herodotus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Greece
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Bert Wilson at Panama
Author: J. W. Duffield
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Bert Wilson at Panama" by J. W. Duffield. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Bert Wilson at Panama" by J. W. Duffield. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Crest of the Continent
Author: Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rocky Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rocky Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description