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03195aam a2200361 i 4500 001 941E18D0E23911EC9D80461122ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220602010055 008 210305t20212021nyuaf bc 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1605830925 020 $a 9781605830926 035 $a (OCoLC)1259567068 040 $a IUA $b eng $e rda $c IUA $d OCLCO $d NYGGC $d YDX $d ERASA $d BDX $d CWR $d TXQ $d OCLCQ $d OCL $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d DLM $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a PE1098 G37 2021 100 1 $a Garner, Bryan A., $e author. 245 10 $a Taming the tongue : $b in the heyday of English grammar (1711-1851) / $c Bryan A. Garner. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Grolier Club, $c [2021] 300 $a xxv, 299 pages : $b color illustrations, plates ; $c 25 cm 500 $a "An exhibition catalog of 100 items from the Garner Collection -- which in full comprises more than 38,000 pieces -- dealing with English grammar. Authored by collection owner Bryan A. Garner, one of our foremost experts on legal writing, style, and usage, and general editor of Black's Law Dictionary."--Amazon.com 500 $a "This Grolier Club edition is limited to 950 copies, the first 50 of which are numbered and signed by the author"--Half title page 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface -- A short prehistory -- Abbreviations -- Bibliographic references -- The 100 items -- A short posthistory on grammars -- The case of the variable parts of speech -- The various configurations for parts of speech -- Postlude: item 101 -- Comments -- Appendix A: some curiosities in the stacks -- Appendix B: interesting artwork in books not exhibited -- Appendix C: two interesting owners' inscriptions -- Bibliography -- Index. 520 8 $a Bryan A. Garner's 'Taming the Tongue in the Heyday of English Grammar (1711-1851)' is the companion to the Grolier Club exhibition of the same title. Featuring 100 items, Garner's book makes the primers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries come alive in ways their concerned and idiosyncratic authors might not have envisioned. While Garner makes no mention of duels fought over the parts of speech, he shows that the grammarians of the period were a contentious and opinionated lot. The entries in 'Taming the Tongue' are packed with scrupulously recorded information on the content and publication details of the grammars, as well as tantalizing anecdotes from the authors' lives. Commentaries by Thomas Cable, David Crystal, Edward Finegan, Lane Greene, Christopher Ricks, John Simpson, and Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade and three appendices round out this lively book, which will appeal to scholars and aficionados alike. 0 0Exhibition: The Grolier Club, New York, USA (03.03.-15.05.2021). 600 10 $a Garner, Bryan A. $x Library $v Catalogs. 650 0 $a English language $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Grammarians. 650 0 $a English language $x History $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a English language $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Exhibition catalogs. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020801.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=941E18D0E23911EC9D80461122ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search