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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561044152612 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR74 (39) |
| Category: |
Languages & Writing |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE : Essays by English & American Men of Letters 1490-1839
by W F Bolton
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 1966, 1st edition
Pages: 227
SKU: A5/2002/0001/U403
ABOUT
About the English language by English and American men of letters, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. The writers represented are concerned with the history, the use, the reform or the changing nature of English.
Includes the defence of English as a literary language; the relationship with other languages; propriety in literary style; the psychological bases of speech; the relationship between words and things; usage; the need for academies and standards of correctness; the rise of lexicography; spelling reform; prescriptive grammar.
CONDITION
Very good original condition, wear to covers, pages clean. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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