Book contents
- Standardising English
- Standardising English
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Norms and Margins: Ideology and Concepts
- Part II Norms and Margins: A Historical Perspective
- 4 Norms and Rules in the History of Grammar: French and English Handbooks in the Seventeenth Century
- 5 The End of Toleration? Language on the Margins in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language
- 6 Eighteenth-Century Pronouncing Dictionaries: Reflecting Usage or Setting Their Own Standard?
- 7 Setting a Standard: Authors and Sources in the OED
- 8 Conflicting Linguistic Norms in the Letters of Virginian Soldiers during the American Civil War
- 9 Correcting English: Josephine Turck Baker (1873–1942) and the Early American Usage Guide Tradition
- Part III Norms and Margins: Moving into the Twenty-First Century
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
4 - Norms and Rules in the History of Grammar: French and English Handbooks in the Seventeenth Century
from Part II - Norms and Margins: A Historical Perspective
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2018
Book contents
- Standardising English
- Standardising English
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- List of Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Norms and Margins: Ideology and Concepts
- Part II Norms and Margins: A Historical Perspective
- 4 Norms and Rules in the History of Grammar: French and English Handbooks in the Seventeenth Century
- 5 The End of Toleration? Language on the Margins in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language
- 6 Eighteenth-Century Pronouncing Dictionaries: Reflecting Usage or Setting Their Own Standard?
- 7 Setting a Standard: Authors and Sources in the OED
- 8 Conflicting Linguistic Norms in the Letters of Virginian Soldiers during the American Civil War
- 9 Correcting English: Josephine Turck Baker (1873–1942) and the Early American Usage Guide Tradition
- Part III Norms and Margins: Moving into the Twenty-First Century
- Author Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
The chapter analyses the cohesive effects of grammatisation. As often stated the production of grammar books for the vernaculars was conducted through the Latin model. One of the often-overlooked implications of Extended Latin Grammar is the high degree of metalinguistic homogeneity characteristic of most European traditions. Not only does grammatical discourse play a role in the constitution of a standard language, it also implies different forms of normativity. The implications of the definition of good usage, the composition of grammar rules or the negociation with the framework of the Latin model are different. Mauger’s grammar (1651-1688) served as a basis as it describes both French and English. Adopting a contrastive approach and confronting Mauger’s production with contemporary grammars of English reveals a complex picture of the role of the Latin model. Grammatical discourse is thus more than a mirror of social power and the analysis of the set of grammars studied here highlights that the existence of a common metalinguistic norm enables comparative descriptions, signalling a will to perfect the adequacy between metalinguistic discourse and the system of the language.
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