J.G. Schottelius's Ausführliche Arbeit von der Teutschen HaubtSprache (1663) and its Place in Early Modern European Vernacular Language Study
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:18th Nov '11
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This monograph offers a comprehensive reassessment of the dominant German grammarian of the 17th century J.G. Schottelius, and examines his legacy both in Germany and Europe.
- Offers comprehensive documentation of Schottelius’s numerous sources to show the range and limits of scholarly knowledge in 17th-century Germany
- Introduces new data that provides insight into whether a grammarian like Schottelius could have any impact on how people actually wrote
- Provides an accessible reading of Schottelius’s landmark study (with quotations translated into English) that does not assume prior knowledge of the seventeenth-century German context
- Traces Schottelius’s influence on Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian grammar
“Nicola McLelland’s study of J. G. Schottelius’s Ausführliche Arbeit (AA) is a masterly exploration of an important milestone in the history of German.” (Modern Language Review, 1 July 2014)
ISBN: 9781444339611
Dimensions: 231mm x 152mm x 18mm
Weight: 540g
426 pages