Grammar, Rhetoric and Usage in English: Preposition Placement 1500-1900 (Studies in English Language) The preposition is of specific curiosity to syntacticians, historians and sociolinguists of English, as its placement inside a sentence is influenced by syntactic and sociolinguistic constraints, and by how the ‘guidelines’ concerning prepositions have modified over time, because of language change, of …
Clockwork Rhetoric: The Language and Style of Steampunk This unique book explores how the aesthetic and cultural movement “”Steampunk”” persuades audiences and wins new acolytes. Steampunk is an aesthetic style grounded in the Victorian era, in clothing and accoutrements modeled on a heightened and hyper-extended age of steam. In addition to its modeling of attire …
< The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric (2nd ed.) The Language of Composition is the first textbook built from the ground up to help students succeed in the AP English Language course. Written by a team of experts with experience in both high school and college, this text focuses on teaching students the skills …