James Howell, A New English Grammar (1662)
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Date
1662
Author
James Howell Note: 30/09/2005
Book title
A New English Grammar, Prescribing as certain Rules as the Language will bear, for Forreners to learn English: Ther is also another Grammar of the Spanish or Castilian Toung, With som special remarks upon the Portugues Dialect, &c. Whereunto is annexed A Discours or Dialog containing a Perambulation of Spain and Portugall, which may serve for a direction how to travell through both Countreys, &c.
Publication place
London
Publisher
T. Williams, H. Brome, and H. Marsh
Text type
printed book
Genre
Grammars
Subject area
- grammar
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Summary
An English grammar written in English for foreigners (with logical definitions of some grammatical terms), a grammar of Castilian (including examples with Spanish terms and English equivalents), "A Short DICTIONARY OR, CATALOG Of such Portuges Words That have no Affinity with the SPANISH" (Portuguese, Spanish, and English), a dialogue, and two letters with English and Spanish proverbs
Language
headwords: Portuguese
explanations: Spanish
other languages: English
explanations: Spanish
explanations: Spanish
other languages: English
explanations: Spanish
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Abafar Garrotar To strangle (ff3r)
sample: Abafar Garrotar To strangle (ff3r)
Alston
II.597
Wing
H 3095
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. 2583. view record
Modern editions
Howell, James. The Spelling Reforms of James Howell. Reprinted from “A New English Grammar,” 1662. Simplified Spelling Society. Pamflet no. 6 . London: n.p., 1909. view record
Criticisms
Dons, Ute. Descriptive Adequacy of Early Modern English Grammars. Topics in English Linguistics 47. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 2004. 14-15. view record
Sources
- Sanchez Escribano, F. Javier. "Spanish Pronunciation according to Grammars by James Howell: His Sources." Miscelanea 2 (1982): 55-72. view record
