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

Jones, Charles (EDT); Auer, A.

ISBN 10: 1349365254 / ISBN 13: 9781349365258

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism : English and German Developments During the Eighteenth Century
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349365254
• ISBN 13: 9781349365258
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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.

About the Author

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.