{"product_id":"the-english-language-volume-1-essays-by-english-and-american-men-of-letters-1490-1839-paperback-9780521093798","title":"The English Language: Volume 1, Essays by English and American Men of Letters, 1490–1839 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521093798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe English Language: Volume 1, Essays by English and American Men of Letters, 1490–1839\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe writers represented here are concerned with the history, the use, the reform or the changing nature of English.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. F. Bolton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521093798, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1966\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a collection of essays about the English language by English and American men of letters, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries; that is, until the rise of formal linguistic studies. The writers represented are concerned with the history, the use, the reform or the changing nature of English. Topics discussed include 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. These essays are the most important serious attempts to consider the language from various standpoints. Students of English in university departments will find this a convenient and comprehensive collection. It is also in itself an illustration of the development of the literary language.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. William Caxton: Prologue to Eneydos\u003cbr\u003e 2. Richard Mulcaster: 'That the English tung hath matter', from The First Part of the Elementarie\u003cbr\u003e 3. William Harrison: 'Of the languages spoken in this Iland', from Holinshed's Chronicles\u003cbr\u003e 4. William Camden: 'The Languages', from Remaines Concerning Britain\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ben Jonson: Excerpt from Timber: or, Discoveries\u003cbr\u003e 6. Thomas Hobbes: 'Of Speech', from Leviathan\u003cbr\u003e 7. John Dryden: 'Defence of the Epilogue'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sir Thomas Browne: 'Of Languages, and Particularly of the Saxon Tongue'\u003cbr\u003e 9. John Locke: 'Of Words or Language in general' and 'Of the Signification of Words', from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding\u003cbr\u003e 10. Daniel Defoe: 'Of Academies', from An Essay upon Projects\u003cbr\u003e 11. Joseph Addison: Spectator 135\u003cbr\u003e 12. Jonathan Swift: 'A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'\u003cbr\u003e 13. Lord Chesterfield: Letter to The World\u003cbr\u003e 14. Samuel Johnson: Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language\u003cbr\u003e 15. Noah Webster: 'An Essay on…Spelling', from Dissertations on the English Language\u003cbr\u003e 16. Benjamin Franklin: 'On Modern Innovations in the English Language and in Printing'\u003cbr\u003e 17. William Cobbett: 'Syntax, as Relating to Nouns', from A Grammar of the English Language\u003cbr\u003e 18. William Hazlitt: 'English Grammar'\u003cbr\u003e 19. Ralph Waldo Emerson: 'Language' from Nature\u003cbr\u003e 20. Thomas De Quincey: 'The English Language'\u003cbr\u003e Study questions\u003cbr\u003e Select index of literary and linguistic topics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006383706392,"sku":"9780521093798","price":29.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521093798i_d08c0951-3b12-427b-93e0-ce3f340770dc.jpg?v=1694970524","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-english-language-volume-1-essays-by-english-and-american-men-of-letters-1490-1839-paperback-9780521093798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}