Psychology of English / Margaret M. Bryant, Janet Rankin Aiken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, Margaret M., author.

Aiken, Janet Rankin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar.

English language.

English language--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1940]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the psychology of the English language where grammar is among the last strongholds of the logician, the last of the sciences where certainty is thought to reign.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Grammar as a Study

3. The Logic of English Grammar

4. The Origin of Grammar

5. Changing Grammar

6. How Grammar Changes

7. Consistency in Grammar

8. Inconsistency in Grammar

9. Grammar Is Arbitrary

10. Tendency to Change

11. Expedition, Impatience, Anticipation

12. Long-Cutting in English Grammar

13. Imagination and Striving for Beauty

14. Humdrum and Escape

15. Arrogance and the Desire to Impress

16. Modesty and Politeness

17. Impatience and Abbreviation

18. Emphatic Frankness

19. Confusion and Profundity

20. Sloth and Slovenliness

21. Indecisiveness

22. Problems of Time

23. The Future of English

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88883-X

OCLC:

1100458670