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Dr. Henry Bradley has aimed in this work at providing for "educated readers, unversed in philology," a popular and readable account of "the causes that have produced the excellences and defects of modern English as an instrument of expression.'' He has succeeded, we think, in this aim,—much better, it must be said, than anyone would have anticipated who is acquainted with that singularly dry and unattractive school book known as "Kellner and Bradley's series." Dr. Bradley is perfectly acquainted with his subject, but resists the temptation, inevitable to the specialist, of giving too much and forgetting that the reader is not, and does not mean to be, a specialist. The style is simple and agreeable.
The accounts of the rise of it is good, but why do historical grammarians nearly always overlook so notable a temporary substitute for it as thereof. We regret, too, that Dr. Bradley, like some other grammatical authorities, pronounces a sort of death sentence on the subjunctive mood with tearless eyes. We don't think the case is so bad or so unimportant. Bishop Warburton's not very refined joke about "orthodoxy" and "heterodoxy" is quoted in a way which almost suggests that Dr. Bradley, like some others we have heard repeat the jest, does not fully apprehend its meaning. But that is impossible. An interesting section is that on " Back-formation." This has nothing to do with evolutionary anatomy, as one might think; it regards the curious process by which a (supposed) root is formed from a (supposed) derivative of that root. Thus "grovel" has been formed from "groveling," which was not a present participle, but an adverb, afterwards mistaken for a present participle. So have the verbs "siddle" and "darkle" been formed out of the old adverbs "sideling" and "darkling." So too (as many think) the verb ''beg" has been formed from "beggar" which is not a formation analogous to "singer" "tailor," but represents the French substantive "bégard," a name applied to a kind of religious fanatic.
For ordinary school-work the book would be too light and discursive, but teachers will find it very useful for their own use in matriculation or middle-grade teaching.
--The New Ireland Review, Vol. 22
The accounts of the rise of it is good, but why do historical grammarians nearly always overlook so notable a temporary substitute for it as thereof. We regret, too, that Dr. Bradley, like some other grammatical authorities, pronounces a sort of death sentence on the subjunctive mood with tearless eyes. We don't think the case is so bad or so unimportant. Bishop Warburton's not very refined joke about "orthodoxy" and "heterodoxy" is quoted in a way which almost suggests that Dr. Bradley, like some others we have heard repeat the jest, does not fully apprehend its meaning. But that is impossible. An interesting section is that on " Back-formation." This has nothing to do with evolutionary anatomy, as one might think; it regards the curious process by which a (supposed) root is formed from a (supposed) derivative of that root. Thus "grovel" has been formed from "groveling," which was not a present participle, but an adverb, afterwards mistaken for a present participle. So have the verbs "siddle" and "darkle" been formed out of the old adverbs "sideling" and "darkling." So too (as many think) the verb ''beg" has been formed from "beggar" which is not a formation analogous to "singer" "tailor," but represents the French substantive "bégard," a name applied to a kind of religious fanatic.
For ordinary school-work the book would be too light and discursive, but teachers will find it very useful for their own use in matriculation or middle-grade teaching.
--The New Ireland Review, Vol. 22
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- ÉditeurBiblioLife
- Date d'édition2008
- ISBN 10 0554410486
- ISBN 13 9780554410487
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages260
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