Author : A. Auer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230584365
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism by : A. Auer
Download or read book The Subjunctive in the Age of Prescriptivism written by A. Auer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-12-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.