John Wallis, Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae (1653)
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Date
1653
Author
Johannis Wallis (alternate name for John Wallis ) Note: 15/10/2005
Book title
Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ. Cui præsigitur, De Loquela sive Sonorum Formatione, Tractatus Grammatico-Physicus
Publication place
Oxoniae
Publisher
Leon. Lichfield
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
Latin
Summary
Latin treatise that analyzes English words by sound
Extent
148
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Anglorum j consona, vel g molle, vel etiam dg; componitur ex consonis dj. Nam eorum jar, discordia; joy, gaudium; gentle, generosus; lodging, habitatio, seu locus commorandi, &c. sonant dyar, dyoy, dyentl, lódying. &c. Atque eodem sono effertur Arabum Gjim; quæ litera quamvis ab Hebræorum Ghimel discendat, non tamen ipsius sonum retinet. (p. 38)
sample: Anglorum j consona, vel g molle, vel etiam dg; componitur ex consonis dj. Nam eorum jar, discordia; joy, gaudium; gentle, generosus; lodging, habitatio, seu locus commorandi, &c. sonant dyar, dyoy, dyentl, lódying. &c. Atque eodem sono effertur Arabum Gjim; quæ litera quamvis ab Hebræorum Ghimel discendat, non tamen ipsius sonum retinet. (p. 38)
Alston
I, 14-24
Wing
W 584
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. 5717, 5725 (1664), 5728 (1672), 5730 (1674). view record
Other editions
1653: Wing W584a;
1664: Wing W585;
1672 (Hamburg; notes on, ca. 1700; Copenhagen Royal Library, 167, -159);
1674: Wing W586, -86a;
1688 (Hamburg);
1699 (Oxford)
1664: Wing W585;
1672 (Hamburg; notes on, ca. 1700; Copenhagen Royal Library, 167, -159);
1674: Wing W586, -86a;
1688 (Hamburg);
1699 (Oxford)
Facsimiles
Wallis, John. Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae. Menston: Scolar Press, 1969. view record
Modern editions
Lehnert, M. Die Grammatik des englischen Sprachmeisters John Wallis (1616-1703). Sprache und Kultur der germanischen und romanischen Völker, Anglistische Reihe, Bd. XXI. Breslau: Priebatsch, 1936. view record
Wallis, John. Grammar of the English Language: With an Introductory Grammatico-physical Treatise on Speech (or on the Formation of all Speech Sounds). Ed. J. A. Kemp. The Classics of Linguistics. London: Longman, 1972. view record
Wallis, John. Grammar of the English Language: With an Introductory Grammatico-physical Treatise on Speech (or on the Formation of all Speech Sounds). Ed. J. A. Kemp. The Classics of Linguistics. London: Longman, 1972. view record
Criticisms
Constantinescu, Ilinca. "John Wallis (1616-1703): A Reappraisal of his Contribution to the Study of English." Historiographia Linguistica 1.3 (1974): 297-311. view record
Isermann, Michael. "John Wallis on Adjectives: The Discovery of Phrase Structure in the Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae (1653)." Historiographia Linguistica 23.1-2 (1996): 47-72. view record
Melchior, A. B. "Sir Thomas Smith and John Wallis: The Problem of Early Modern English [y:] Re-Examined." English Studies 53.3 (1972): 210-23. view record
Morel, Leo. De Johannis Wallisii Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae et Tractatu de Loquela. n.p.: n.p., 1895. view record
Scott, J. F. "John Wallis as a Historian of Mathematics." Annals of Science 1.3 (1936): 335-57. view record
Subbiondo, Joseph L. "John Wallis' Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae (1653): The New Science and English Grammar." Diversions of Galway. Eds. Anders Ahlqvist and others. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1992. 183-90. 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
Raney, George William. The Accidence and Syntax in John Wallis' 1653 Grammatica linguae anglicanae: A Translation and a Commentary on its Alleged Relationship to the 1660 Port-Royal Grammaire générale et raisonnée. Ph.D. dissertation. n.p.: University of Southern California, 1972. view record
Isermann, Michael. "John Wallis on Adjectives: The Discovery of Phrase Structure in the Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae (1653)." Historiographia Linguistica 23.1-2 (1996): 47-72. view record
Melchior, A. B. "Sir Thomas Smith and John Wallis: The Problem of Early Modern English [y:] Re-Examined." English Studies 53.3 (1972): 210-23. view record
Morel, Leo. De Johannis Wallisii Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae et Tractatu de Loquela. n.p.: n.p., 1895. view record
Scott, J. F. "John Wallis as a Historian of Mathematics." Annals of Science 1.3 (1936): 335-57. view record
Subbiondo, Joseph L. "John Wallis' Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae (1653): The New Science and English Grammar." Diversions of Galway. Eds. Anders Ahlqvist and others. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1992. 183-90. 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
Raney, George William. The Accidence and Syntax in John Wallis' 1653 Grammatica linguae anglicanae: A Translation and a Commentary on its Alleged Relationship to the 1660 Port-Royal Grammaire générale et raisonnée. Ph.D. dissertation. n.p.: University of Southern California, 1972. view record
