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A New English Grammar: Logical and Historical (Cambridge Library Collection - Linguistics) (Volume 2) by Henry Sweet is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The respected phonetician and philologist Henry Sweet (1845{u2013}1912) has had a lasting influence on the study and teaching of linguistics, particularly phonetics and Old English. Sweet is also known for being, in part, the inspiration for Henry Higgins in Shaw's Pygmalion. This two-volume work, first published in 1892{u2013}8, marks the start of a new tradition in the study of English, although it received little attention in Britain upon its publication. Building on developments in European linguistics, this was the first grammar of English to adopt a scientific approach to the description of language, in particular of phonology. The work is a thorough description of English grammar in comparison with that of Old English, and covers the parts of speech, phonology, accidence and syntax. Volume 2 (1898) presents a detailed description of English syntax

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Henry Sweet
Publisher
publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781108075251
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Humanities

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