Standardization

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Standardization
of the English Language1600-1800The
grammatical tradition
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The English Grammatical Tradition 1600 - 1800
Grammars published from 1586 to 1800 (including
grammatical treatises in dictionaries,
encyclopaedias, educational manuals etc.)
There is a marked increase in the publication of
grammars after 1750, though the numbers need
qualifications with regard to the type of grammar
( a short abstract, a detailed description etc.),
and the book in which a grammar is published (a
grammar book, a sports manual, a secretarys
guide etc.)
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Grammars by decades 1600-1800
All figures in this and the following tables are
representative, not exhaustive
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Grammars by decades 1770-1779
The random list shows you the type of grammar
published they ranged from encyclopedia entries
via short treatises in a hospital magazine to
fully fledged grammatical descriptions. Out of a
total of 52 publications in this decade, 28 only
were grammars properly speaking
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Grammars by decades 1790-1799
The random list shows you the type of grammar
published they ranged from encyclopedia entries
via short treatisesin a hospital magazine to
fully fledged grammatical descriptions. Out of a
total of 61 publications in this decade, 14 only
were grammars properly speaking
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Grammars by places 1770-1779
The list shows you the distribution of published
grammars by place of publicationpublishing is
clearly London centered
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Grammars by places 1790-1799
The list shows the development in the
distribution of grammar publication publishing
is no longer London based. This seems to indicate
a wider interest in grammar, all over the country.
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Local Distribution of Grammars Clusters 1790-1799
1 Edinburgh 4 grammars 2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne
3 grammars 3 Sunderland 4 Stockton/Tees York 5 Du
blin 6 Warrington 7 Stockport 8 Sheffield 9 Congle
ton 10 Mansfield 11 Stoke-on-Trent 12 Walsall 13 B
irmingham 2 grammars 14 Great
Yarmouth 15 Norwich 16 Bury St Edmunds 17 Ipswitc
h London 14 grammars 18 Brentford 19 Marlboroug
h Bristol 20 Cirencester 21 Bath 22 Newington/Mid
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