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An English grammar; methodical, analytical, and historical. With a treatise on the orthography, prosody, inflections and syntax of the English tongue;

An English grammar; methodical, analytical, and historical. With a treatise on the orthography, prosody, inflections and syntax of the English tongue;

Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner, Eduard

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Foreign Language GeneralGrammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 9354150748
ISBN13: 9789354150746
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Sep 7 2020
Pages: 526
Weight: 1.33
Height: 1.17 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
An English Grammar, methodical, analytical, and historical (Volume I) by Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner approaches the English tongue with forensic clarity and humane intelligence. A rigorous map of English. Built as both an English grammar reference and an analytical grammar guide, the volume unites a treatise on orthography and prosody with systematic treatment of grammar inflections and syntax, and cites numerous authorities in order of historical development. Maetzner's method places usage beside lineage: spelling and sound change are weighed alongside morphological patterns and syntactic habit, producing an account of English language development that is as explanatory as it is evidential. Readers encounter patient argumentation, recurring comparative grammar studies, and a structure that supports reference use without sacrificing historical context. The tone is exacting but lucid: advanced language learners find depth and direction, while teachers and linguists gain a dependable historical grammar study suited to research and classroom explanation. For those teaching or studying philology, the book offers a form of organised evidence - a chain of sources and reasoning that rewards repeated consultation and careful comparison. Composed in the nineteenth century and speaking from the centre of Victorian-era linguistics, this volume occupies a distinctive place in the story of grammatical thought. It records the methods of a pivotal scholarly moment and supplies a rigorous framework for assessing how rules emerge and persist; comparative grammar studies benefit from its chronological citation of authorities, and anyone tracing English language development will find sharp, source-led argument. Casual readers curious about language encounter readable, evidence-led prose; collectors and libraries specialising in classic grammar collections prize its restored presence. Its argumentation and accessible structure make the book as useful to targeted reference queries as to sustained historical reading. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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