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Geoffrey Nunberg, Robert Lowth and punctuation theory

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Ingrid Tieken

Working on the punctuation practice of 18th-century letter writers, I was intrigued by the title of Geoffrey Nunberg‘s book, The Linguistics of Punctuation (1990). The book didn’t have what I was looking for, was in fact more about developing a … Continue reading →

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“Split and stranded”: a TLS review

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Ingrid Tieken

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The Bishop’s Grammar (OUP, 2011) was reviewed in last week’s Times Literary Supplement.  One of the aims of my book was to show that Robert Lowth is usually depicted as an icon of prescriptivism, and also that his Short Introduction to English … Continue reading →

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