The bishop's grammar [electronic resource] : Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism in English / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid. Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787. English language Grammar. English language Standardization. PE1074.7 425 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This is a spirited account of the life and times of one of the seminal figures in history of English grammar which dispels the myth of Lowth as the icon of prescriptivism, and establishes him as a key figure in the history of English grammar. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xv, 340 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579273.001.0001 eng