Göran Wolf
List of John Benjamins publications for which Göran Wolf plays a role.
Articles
2019. Studying dialect spelling in its own right: Suggestions from a case study. Norms and Conventions in the History of English, Bös, Birte and Claudia Claridge (eds.), pp. 191–212
This paper addresses the question of why historical linguistics should be interested in studying dialect spelling in its own right. It deduces a number of arguments in favour of that interest from a case study of the graphical representation of Ulster Scots in the past and present. Referring to a… read more | Chapter
2012. Heinrich Christoph Albrecht’s Versuch einer critischen Englischen Sprachlehre: Tracing Robert Lowth in an 18th-century textbook for the teaching and learning of English. Robert Lowth (1710-1787): The making of his grammar and its influence, Tieken-Boon van Ostade, Ingrid (ed.), pp. 93–106
In 1784 Heinrich Christoph Albrecht published the book Versuch einer critischen englischen Sprachlehre. The book’s subtitle reads “Vorzüglich nach dem Englischen des Dr. Lowth” and thus confirms that it is based on Robert Lowth’s Short Introduction to English Grammar (cf. also Alston 1965: 48).… read more | Article