01352nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000076355 StDuBDS 20150804193922.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 101209s2011 enka fo 001 0 eng d 9780191595219 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PE1074.7 425 22 Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid. The bishop's grammar [electronic resource] : Robert Lowth and the rise of prescriptivism in English / Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (xv, 340 p.) : ill. 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Lowth, Robert, 1710-1787. English language Grammar. English language Standardization. Print version 9780199579273 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579273.001.0001 36680 36680