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J.G. Schottelius's Ausführliche Arbeit von der Teutschen HaubtSprache (1663) and its Place in Early Modern European Vernacular Language Study

Nicola McLelland author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:18th Nov '11

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J.G. Schottelius's Ausführliche Arbeit von der Teutschen HaubtSprache (1663) and its Place in Early Modern European Vernacular Language Study cover

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