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Psychology of English / Margaret M. Bryant, Janet Rankin Aiken.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1940]Copyright date: ©1940Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231924627
  • 9780231888837
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425
LOC classification:
  • PE1073 .B77
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grammar as a Study -- 3. The Logic of English Grammar -- 4. The Origin of Grammar -- 5. Changing Grammar -- 6. How Grammar Changes -- 7. Consistency in Grammar -- 8. Inconsistency in Grammar -- 9. Grammar Is Arbitrary -- 10. Tendency to Change -- 11. Expedition, Impatience, Anticipation -- 12. Long-Cutting in English Grammar -- 13. Imagination and Striving for Beauty -- 14. Humdrum and Escape -- 15. Arrogance and the Desire to Impress -- 16. Modesty and Politeness -- 17. Impatience and Abbreviation -- 18. Emphatic Frankness -- 19. Confusion and Profundity -- 20. Sloth and Slovenliness -- 21. Indecisiveness -- 22. Problems of Time -- 23. The Future of English -- Index
Summary: Studies the psychology of the English language where grammar is among the last strongholds of the logician, the last of the sciences where certainty is thought to reign.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231888837

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Grammar as a Study -- 3. The Logic of English Grammar -- 4. The Origin of Grammar -- 5. Changing Grammar -- 6. How Grammar Changes -- 7. Consistency in Grammar -- 8. Inconsistency in Grammar -- 9. Grammar Is Arbitrary -- 10. Tendency to Change -- 11. Expedition, Impatience, Anticipation -- 12. Long-Cutting in English Grammar -- 13. Imagination and Striving for Beauty -- 14. Humdrum and Escape -- 15. Arrogance and the Desire to Impress -- 16. Modesty and Politeness -- 17. Impatience and Abbreviation -- 18. Emphatic Frankness -- 19. Confusion and Profundity -- 20. Sloth and Slovenliness -- 21. Indecisiveness -- 22. Problems of Time -- 23. The Future of English -- Index

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Studies the psychology of the English language where grammar is among the last strongholds of the logician, the last of the sciences where certainty is thought to reign.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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