John Twells, Grammatica Reformata (1683)
Date
1683
Author
Book title
Grammatica Reformata, Or A General Examination Of The Art Of Grammar As it hath been successively delivered by Franciscus Sanctius in Spain, Gaspar Scioppius in France, Gerardus Joannes Vossius in the Lower Germany, And Methodiz'd by the Oxford Grammarian in his Observations upon Lilie. Designed for initiating the Lower Forms in the Free-School at Newark upon Trent
Publication place
London
Printer
S. Roycroft
Publisher
Robert Clavell
Text type
printed book
Genre
Grammars
Subject area
grammar
Summary
An historical essay the English grammarians, and a grammar that explains grammatical terminology
Word-group
type: topical
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: A. How do you define a Noun? B. A Noun is a Word, which signifies a Thing or its Quality, primarily and by its own Nature. (p. 3)
sample: A. How do you define a Noun? B. A Noun is a Word, which signifies a Thing or its Quality, primarily and by its own Nature. (p. 3)
Alston
XVI.486
Wing
T3392a
Criticisms
Lecointre, Claire. "Twells upon Lily: der Einfluss der Syntax der Ellipse auf die lateinische Schulgrammatik in England." Rekonstruktion und Interpretation. Eds. Klaus D. Duta and Ludger Kaczmarek. Tübingen: Narr, 1985. 125-95.
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