Benjamin Jonson, The English Grammar (1640 - 1641)
Date
1640
1641
Author
Benjamin
Jonson
Note: 11/10/2005
Lexicon title
The English Grammar Made by Ben. Iohnson. For the benefit of all Strangers, out of his observation of the English Language now spoken, and in use
Book title
The Workes of Benjamin Jonson
Publication place
London
Printer
John Beale, James Dawson, Bernard Alsop, and Thomas Fawcet
Publisher
Richard Meighen and Thomas Walkley
Transcription source
EEBO (12103: images 383-435)
Text type
printed book
Genre
Grammars
Subject area
- grammar
- Latin
Summary
Extent
31-84 (Vol. II)
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: DIpthongs are the complexions, or couplings of Vowells, when the two Letters send forth a joynt sound, so as in one Syllabe both sounds be heard ... (p. 52)
sample: DIpthongs are the complexions, or couplings of Vowells, when the two Letters send forth a joynt sound, so as in one Syllabe both sounds be heard ... (p. 52)
Alston
I.8
STC
14754 (reissue of 14753.5)
Catalog
Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927.
5713-14.
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Other editions
1640: STC 14754a (Alston I.9);
1692: Wing J1006 (Alston I.10)
1692: Wing J1006 (Alston I.10)
Facsimiles
Jonson, Ben. The English Grammar (from the Works) 1640. English linguistics, 1500-1800, no. 349. Menston: Scolar Press, 1972.
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Jonson, Benjamin. The English Grammar made by Ben Jonson for the benefit of all strangers out of his observation of the English language now spoken and in use. London: Lanston Monotype Corp., 1928. view record
Jonson, Benjamin. The English Grammar made by Ben Jonson for the benefit of all strangers out of his observation of the English language now spoken and in use. London: Lanston Monotype Corp., 1928. view record
Modern editions
Jonson, Ben. Works. Eds. C. H. Herford and P. Simpson. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925.
II: 415-35; VIII: 455-553; XI: 165-218.
Introduction, text, and commentary
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Criticisms
Funke, Otto. "Ben Jonsons English Grammar (1640)." Anglia 64 (1940): 117-34.
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Vorlat, Emma. The Development of English Grammatical Theory 1586-1737: With Special Reference to the Theory of Parts of Speech. Leuven: University Press, 1975. view record
Dons, Ute. Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars. Topics in English Linguistics 47. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. 11-12. view record
Waite, Alice Vinton. "Ben Jonson's Grammar." Modern Language Notes 24 (1909 May): 137-40. view record
Britton, Derek. "The Dating of Jonson's English Grammar ." Notes and Queries 49.3 (2002 September): 331-34. view record
Vorlat, Emma. The Development of English Grammatical Theory 1586-1737: With Special Reference to the Theory of Parts of Speech. Leuven: University Press, 1975. view record
Dons, Ute. Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars. Topics in English Linguistics 47. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. 11-12. view record
Waite, Alice Vinton. "Ben Jonson's Grammar." Modern Language Notes 24 (1909 May): 137-40. view record
Britton, Derek. "The Dating of Jonson's English Grammar ." Notes and Queries 49.3 (2002 September): 331-34. view record
