LINGUIST List 22.4761 Tue Nov 29 2011 Diss: Historical Ling/Socioling: Fens-de Zeeuw: 'Lindley Murray ...' Editor for this issue: Xiyan Wang <xiyanlinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Lyda Fens-de Zeeuw , Lindley Murray (1745-1826), Quaker and Grammarian Message 1: Lindley Murray (1745-1826), Quaker and Grammarian Date: 28-Nov-2011 From: Lyda Fens-de Zeeuw <lyda.fens.dezeeuwutoronto.ca> Subject: Lindley Murray (1745-1826), Quaker and Grammarian E-mail this message to a friend Institution: Leiden University Centre for Linguistics Program: Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2011 Author: Lyda Fens-de Zeeuw Dissertation Title: Lindley Murray (1745-1826), Quaker and Grammarian Dissertation URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1887/17835 Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics Sociolinguistics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Dissertation Director(s): Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade Dissertation Abstract: The American-born Quaker Lindley Murray (1745-1826) arguably was the most influential English language grammarian; undeniably he was the best-selling one. Murray was the author of the English Grammar (1795), and between 1795 and the middle of the nineteenth century millions of copies were sold of this grammar alone, while several of his other textbooks were no less popular. In my dissertation, I paint a comprehensive portrait of this prolific writer, and I investigate how Murray's Quakerism influenced his language use, by analysing a corpus of 262 of his unpublished private letters. In addition, I compared his own usage to the rules that he compiled for his English Grammar, to see whether Murray practiced what he preached. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 29-Nov-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.