English grammar writing

Linn, A. 2021. English grammar writing. in: Aarts, B., McMahon, A. and Hinrichs, L. (ed.) The Handbook of English Linguistics, Second Edition Hoboken NJ Wiley. pp. 63-80

Chapter titleEnglish grammar writing
AuthorsLinn, A.
EditorsAarts, B., McMahon, A. and Hinrichs, L.
Abstract

This chapter charts the history of English grammar writing from the first published grammar of 1586 up to the end of the second decade of the 21st century. The first section covers the period up to the latter part of the 19th century, embracing grammars for English as a foreign language as well as key writers such as John Wallis and Lindley Murray. The second section covers the so-called ‘European Scholarly Tradition’ of Henry Sweet and the following generation of linguists, several of whom were the first professors of English in their home countries. The following section turns to the United States and Structuralist and Generative studies of English grammar. The final section completes the story, considering the major ‘families’ of both printed and online grammatical works. A red thread running through the chapter is the question of how and why particular approaches to grammar become ‘successful’.

KeywordsGrammar
scholarly tradition
prescriptive
descriptive
teaching
historical
Structuralist
Generative
corpus
EFL
Book titleThe Handbook of English Linguistics, Second Edition
Page range63-80
Year2021
PublisherWiley
Publication dates
Published2021
Published in print03 Dec 2020
Place of publicationHoboken NJ
Edition2nd
SeriesBlackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
ISBN9781119540564
9781119540618
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119540618.ch5

Related outputs

British Council (Uzbekistan) English Medium Instruction Project Impact Evaluation
Linn, A. and Bezborodova, A. 2022. British Council (Uzbekistan) English Medium Instruction Project Impact Evaluation. Tashkent British Council.

Introduction
Linn, A. and Ahn, E.S. 2022. Introduction. World Englishes. 41 (1), pp. 2-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12551

Current practice in English-medium education in higher education: Case studies from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and Nepal
Linn, A., Shrestha, P.N., Hultgren, A.K. and Bezborodova, A. 2021. Current practice in English-medium education in higher education: Case studies from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. London British Council.

Tolerance and Control. Developing a language policy for an EMI university in Uzbekistan
Linn, A., Bezborodova, A. and Radjabzade, S. 2020. Tolerance and Control. Developing a language policy for an EMI university in Uzbekistan. Sociolinguistica. 34 (1), p. 217–237. https://doi.org/10.1515/soci-2020-0013

English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education in the Countries of the South Caucasus
Linn, A. and Radjabzade, S. 2020. English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education in the Countries of the South Caucasus. London British Council.

The significance of a historical perspective on language planning and language policy making – Listening to past voices to inform future policy: the voice of Johan Storm
Linn, A. 2018. The significance of a historical perspective on language planning and language policy making – Listening to past voices to inform future policy: the voice of Johan Storm. in: Jahr, E.H. (ed.) Perspectives on Two Centuries of Norwegian Language Planning and Policy Uppsala Academia Regia Gustavi Adolphi. pp. 103-114

Modern Foreign Languages Get a Voice: The Role of Journals in the Reform Movement
Linn, A. 2018. Modern Foreign Languages Get a Voice: The Role of Journals in the Reform Movement. in: McLelland, N. and Smith, R.C. (ed.) The History of Language Learning and Teaching: volume II: 19th-20th Century Europe Oxford Legenda. pp. 145-160

Language standardization in sociolinguistics and international business: Theory and practice across the table
Linn, A., Refsum Sanden Guro and Piekkari, R. 2018. Language standardization in sociolinguistics and international business: Theory and practice across the table. in: Sherman, T. and Nekvapil, J. (ed.) English in Business and Commerce Berlin de Gruyter Mouton. pp. 19-45

Investigating English in Europe: Contexts and Agendas
Linn, A. 2016. Investigating English in Europe: Contexts and Agendas. Berlin de Gruyter Mouton.

Nordic migration to the New World
Linn, A. 2015. Nordic migration to the New World. Marlborough

English in Europe: rethinking international English
Linn, A. 2015. English in Europe: rethinking international English. emagazine. 68 (11), p. 12.

From Voss to New York: Norwegian transmigration to America and the use of virtual worlds in historical research
Linn, A. 2015. From Voss to New York: Norwegian transmigration to America and the use of virtual worlds in historical research. Historisk tidsskrift. 94 (2), pp. 229-255.

English in the language ecology of "high proficiency" European countries
Linn, A. and Hadjidemetriou, C. 2014. English in the language ecology of "high proficiency" European countries. 33 (3-4). https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2014-0012

Parallel languages in the history of language ideology in Norway and the lesson for Nordic higher education
Linn, A. 2014. Parallel languages in the history of language ideology in Norway and the lesson for Nordic higher education. in: Hultgren, A.K., Gregersen, F. and Thøgersen, J. (ed.) English in Nordic Universities. Ideologies and practices Amsterdam John Benjamins. pp. 27-52

Vernaculars and the idea of a standard language
Linn, A. 2013. Vernaculars and the idea of a standard language. in: Allan, K. (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics Oxford Oxford University Press. pp. 359-374

Impact: Linguistics in the real world
Linn, A. 2011. Impact: Linguistics in the real world. Histoire Epistemologie Langage. 33 (1), pp. 15-27. https://doi.org/10.3406/hel.2011.3203

Can parallelingualism save Norwegian from extinction?
Linn, A. 2010. Can parallelingualism save Norwegian from extinction? Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication. 29 (3-4), pp. 289-305. https://doi.org/10.1515/mult.2010.014

Voices from above—voices from below. Who’s talking and who’s listening in Norwegian language politics?
Linn, A. 2010. Voices from above—voices from below. Who’s talking and who’s listening in Norwegian language politics? Current Issues in Language Planning. 11 (2), pp. 114-129. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2010.505070

Johan Storm: dhi grétest pràktikal liNgwist in dhi werld
Linn, A. 2004. Johan Storm: dhi grétest pràktikal liNgwist in dhi werld. Oxford Blackwell Publishers.

Constructing the Grammars of a Language: Ivar Aasen and nineteenth-century Norwegian linguistics
Linn, A. 1997. Constructing the Grammars of a Language: Ivar Aasen and nineteenth-century Norwegian linguistics. Munster Nodus Publikationen.

Permalink - https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/v1xw3/english-grammar-writing


Share this

Usage statistics

142 total views
2 total downloads
These values cover views and downloads from WestminsterResearch and are for the period from September 2nd 2018, when this repository was created.