Mastering English: 34 Classic Books on Linguistics and Vocabulary
Classic Studies in Grammar, Etymology, Usage, Pronunciation, and the History of EnglishBy Walter Ripman, Thomas Preston, Henry Sweet, Frances Delavan Page Jermain, Andrew P. Peabody, Francis Trench, Parry Gwynne, Harry Jewett Jeschke, Walter W. Skeat, H. L. Mencken, Louis A. Flemming, Trench H. Johnson, John Camden Hotten, J. R. R. Tolkien, G. F. Graham, Marian Wharton, Samuel Kirkham, Brainerd Kellogg, Alonzo Reed, Alexander Crombie, John Lewis, Thomas Wood, Noah Webster, Charles Godfrey Leland, William Swinton, Huber Gray Buehler, Henry Bate, Joseph Devlin, Edwin Herbert Lewis, Gilbert Sykes Blakely, Elmer W. Cavins, Otis Ashmore, Tom Hood
Length298h 14m
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Mastering English gathers thirty-four classic texts that chart the English language as system, history, social practice, and imaginative resource. Prescriptive grammars and schoolroom manuals stand beside philological inquiries, vocabulary guides, studies of pronunciation, dialect, and American usage, creating a richly varied archive of linguistic thought. The volume's range—from practical instruction to playful verbal observation and historical speculation—reveals how debates over "correct" English have long intersected with questions of education, class, nation, and literary expression. Its contributors span the eighteenth through twentieth centuries and include influential grammarians, lexicographers, teachers, philologists, journalists, and creative writers. Collectively, these voices illuminate the development of modern English studies: the codification of standard grammar, the comparative and historical study of language, pedagogical reform, and the growing attention to vernacular and transatlantic varieties. Their differing assumptions and methods are themselves instructive, exposing both the authority and the limitations of inherited linguistic norms. This collection is especially valuable for students of language, literature, education, and cultural history. Readers will find a singular opportunity to compare competing models of English across genres and eras, while tracing the enduring dialogue between rules, usage, change, and creativity. It is an inviting and substantial guide to the many traditions that have shaped English mastery.
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Table of contents
1Anglo-Saxon Primer, With Grammar, Notes, and Glossary
26LECTURE III.
2GRAMMAR.
27LECTURE V.
3TEXTS.
28LECTURE VII
4Footnote
29LECTURE IX.
5The Etymology and Syntax of the English Language Explained and Illustrated
30LECTURE XII.
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6INTRODUCTION.
31LECTURE XIII.
7PART I. ETYMOLOGY.
32LECTURE XIV.
8CHAPTER I. OF THE NOUN.
33PROVINCIALISMS.
9CHAPTER II. OF THE ARTICLE.
34APPENDIX.
10CHAPTER III. OF PRONOUNS.
35A Short System of English Grammar
11CHAPTER IV. OF THE ADJECTIVE.
36THE
12CHAPTER V. OF THE VERB.
37Higher Lessons in English: A Work on English Grammar and Composition
13CHAPTER VI
38PREFACE. (pt. 1)
14CHAPTER VII. OF ADVERBS.
39PREFACE. (pt. 2)
15CHAPTER VIII. OF PREPOSITIONS.
40PREFACE. (pt. 3)
16CHAPTER IX. OF CONJUNCTIONS.
41PREFACE. (pt. 4)
17CHAPTER X. OF INTERJECTIONS.
42PREFACE. (pt. 5)
18PART II. SYNTAX.
43PREFACE. (pt. 6)
19PART III. (pt. 1)
44Graded Lessons in English
20PART III. (pt. 2)
45PREFACE.
21Footnote
46LESSON 21.
22English Grammar in Familiar Lectures
47LESSON 44.
23PREFACE
48LESSON 68.
24ENGLISH GRAMMAR. (pt. 1)
49LESSON 89.
25ENGLISH GRAMMAR. (pt. 2)
50LESSON 90.
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