English language -- Early works to 1800
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- English language -- Conversation and phrase books -- English -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Conversation and phrase books -- French -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Dictionaries -- French -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Dictionaries -- Italian -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Orthography and spelling -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Pronunciation by foreign speakers -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Rhyme -- Early works to 1800
- English language -- Versification -- Early works to 1800
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A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue (second edition; London: Printed for B. Tooke, 1712), by Jonathan Swift- A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue, by Jonathan Swift (HTML at jacklynch.net)
- Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to the Earl of Oxford, about the English Tongue, by Mr. Oldmixon (HTML at Virginia)
- Second Frutes (facsimile reproduction of a 1591 edition, with new introduction; Gainesville, FL: Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1953), by John Florio, contrib. by R. C. Simonini (page images at HathiTrust)
- Familiar Dialogues (London: Thomas Vautrollier, 1586), by Jacques Bellot (PDF at shipbrook.net)
- A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues (London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1611), by Randle Cotgrave (page images at pbm.com)
- Queen Anna's New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues; and Necessary Rules and Short Observations for the True Pronouncing and Speedie Learning of the Italian Tongue, by John Florio (page images with search at pbm.com)
- Dictionarium Britannicum, or, A More Compleat Universal Etymological English Dictionary Than Any Extant (London: Printed for T. Cox, 1730), ed. by N. Bailey, contrib. by George Gordon and Philip Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- Aelfrics Grammatik und Glossar (in Old English and Latin with German notes; based on the 1880 edition), by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric, ed. by Julius Zupitza (HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- The First Part of the Elementarie Which Entreateth Chieflie of the Right Writing of our English Tung, by Richard Mulcaster (zipped TEI at OTA)
- The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue (London: Printed by W. Bowyer, 1715), by Elizabeth Elstob (multiple formats at Google)
- Aelfrics Grammatik und Glossar (in Old English and Latin with German notes; based on the 1880 edition), by Abbot of Eynsham Aelfric, ed. by Julius Zupitza (HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue (based on the 1715 edition, with Charles Peake's commentary and additional notes), by Elizabeth Elstob, contrib. by Charles Peake (illustrated HTML at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities, Concerning the Most Noble and Renowned English Nation (London: Printed by I. Bill, 1628), by Richard Verstegan (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities, Concerning the Most Noble and Renowned English Nation (London: Printed by I. Norton for I. Norton and R. Whitaker, 1634), by Richard Verstegan (page images at HathiTrust)
- Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue: A Treates, Noe Shorter than Necessarie, for the Schooles (London: Printed for the Early English Text Society by Trübner and Co., 1865), by Alexander Hume, ed. by Henry B. Wheatley
- Familiar Dialogues (London: Thomas Vautrollier, 1586), by Jacques Bellot (PDF at shipbrook.net)
- A Defence of Ryme, by Samuel Daniel (HTML at Renascence Editions)
- A Defence of Ryme, by Samuel Daniel (HTML at Renascence Editions)
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Filed under: English language- From Clerks to Corpora: Essays on the English Language Yesterday and Today (festschrift honoring Nils-Lennart Johanneson; Stockholm: Stockholm University Press, c2015), ed. by Philip Shaw, Britt Erman, Gunnel Melchers, and Peter Sundskist (multiple formats with commentary at Stockholm University Press)
- Impenetrability: or, The Proper Habit of English (London: Pub. by L. and V. Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1926), by Robert Graves (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States (New York: A. A. Knopf, 1919), by H. L. Mencken (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The English Language (New York: H. Holt and Co.; London: Williams and Norgate, c1912), by Logan Pearsall Smith (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
- Yale Studies in English (partial serial archives)
- What We Really Value: Beyond Rubrics in Teaching and Assessing Writing (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c2003), by Bob Broad (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- A Textbook on School Subjects, Drawing and Pedagogics: Penmanship; Vertican Penmansip; Grammar; Punctuation and Capitalization; Double-Entry Bookkeeping; With Questions and Exercises (Scranton: International Textbook Co., c1902), by International Correspondence Schools
- The High School Writing Center: Establishing and Maintaining One (Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, c1989), ed. by Pamela B. Childers (PDF files with commentary at colostate.edu)
- Composition Studies as a Creative Art: Teaching, Writing, Scholarship, Administration (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1998), by Lynn Z. Bloom (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- Community English: A Book of Undertakings for Boys and Girls (New York: Macmillan, 1921), by Mildred Buchanan Flagg
- How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition (author's copyright edition; Boston: Robert Bros., 1883), by Edwin A. Abbott
- A Manual of the Art of Prose Composition, For the Use of Colleges and Schools (Louisville, KY: J. P. Morton and Co., 1867), by John Mitchell Bonnell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Roots in the Sawdust: Writing to Learn Across the Disciplines (c1985), ed. by Anne Ruggles Gere (PDF files with commentary at colostate.edu)
- Programs and Practices: Writing Across the Secondary School Curriculum (c1994), ed. by Pamela B. Childers, Anne Ruggles Gere, and Art Young (PDF with commentary at Colorado State)
- First Lessons in Composition (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1870), by G. P. Quackenbos
- Primer and Language Lessons in English and Cree, by E. B. Glass, trans. by John McDougall (multiple formats at archive.org)
- First Book in Composition, Applying the Principles of Grammar to the Art of Composing: Also, Giving Full Directions for Punctuation; Especially Designed for the Use of Southern Schools (Raleigh: Branson, Farrar and Co., 1863), by L. Branson
- Lessons in Reading-Writing-Arithmetic, for Special School Work in Georgia (Atlanta: C. P. Byrd, state printer, 1916), by Georgia Department of Education
- Wiring the Writing Center (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c1998), ed. by Eric Hobson (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day (reprint; originally printed Cambridge, UK: At the University Press, 1912), by Walter W. Skeat (Gutenberg text)
- The Englishing of French Words; The Dialectical Words in Blunden's Poems, etc. (Society for Pure English tract 5; 1921), by Brander Matthews and Robert Bridges (Gutenberg text)
- Catchwords and Claptrap (London: L. and V. Woolf, 1926), by Rose Macaulay (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (public domain volumes, ca. 1888-1926), ed. by James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, William A. Craigie, and C. T. Onions (page images at archive.org and HathiTrust)
- An American Dictionary of the English Language (2 volumes; New York: S. Converse, 1828), by Noah Webster
- An American Dictionary of the English Language (abridged from the quarto edition, revised, with appendix; New York: White and Sheffield, 1841), by Noah Webster, contrib. by John Walker (multiple formats at Google)
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (fifth edition) (searchable HTML with commentary at ahdictionary.com)
- Boucher's Glossary of Archaic and Provincial Words: A Supplement to the Dictionaries of the English Language, Particularly Those of Dr. Johnson and Dr. Webster (nothing further published after "Blade"; London: Printed for Black, Young, and Young, 1832-1833), by Jonathan Boucher, ed. by Joseph Hunter and Joseph Stevenson, contrib. by J. Odell
- The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (12 volumes; New York: The Century Co., c1906-1910), ed. by William Dwight Whitney (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both With Regard to Sound and Meaning: One Main Object of Which is, To Establish a Plain and Permanent Standard of Pronunciation; To Which is Prefixed a Prosodial Grammar (fourth edition, 2 volumes; London: Printed for Charles Dilly et al., 1797), by Thomas Sheridan
- The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (seventh impression of first edition; Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1919), ed. by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Dictionarium Britannicum, or, A More Compleat Universal Etymological English Dictionary Than Any Extant (London: Printed for T. Cox, 1730), ed. by N. Bailey, contrib. by George Gordon and Philip Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Dictionary of the English Language (sixth edition, two volumes; London: Printed for J. F. And C. Rivington, et al., 1785), by Samuel Johnson
- A Dictionary of the English Language, Explanatory, Pronouncing, Etymological, and Synonymous, With a Copious Appendix (Springfield, MA: G. C. Merriam and Co., 1872), by Noah Webster, Chauncey A. Goodrich, Noah Porter, and William A. Wheeler (page images at MOA)
- The Encyclopaedic Dictionary: A New, and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language With a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronounciation, and Use (7 volumes; London et al.: Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Co., 1879-1888), ed. by Robert Hunter
- Glossographia Anglicana Nova: or, A Dictionary, Interpreting Such Hard Words of Whatever Language, As Are At Present Used in the English Tongue, With Their Etymologies, Definition, &c. (London: Printed for D. Brown, et al., 1707), contrib. by Thomas Blount (page images at HathiTrust)
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (free online edition) (searchable HTML at ldoceonline.com)
- Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (current edition, with additional material) (searchable HTML at m-w.com)
- A New Dictionary of the English Language (2 volumes; London: W. Pickering, 1836-1837), by Charles Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
- A New Universal Technological, Etymological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Science, Literature, and Art (2 volumes; London: C. Routledge and Co., 1852), by John Craig (page images at HathiTrust)
- The New World of Words: or, Universal English Dictionary (6th edition; London: Printed for J. Philips, et al., 1706), ed. by Edward Phillips and John Kersey (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Treasury of Knowledge, and Library of Reference (18th edition; London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1848), by Samuel Maunder (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Treasury of Knowledge, and Library of Reference (19th edition; London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851), by Samuel Maunder (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference (new and revised dition; 3 volumes; New York: C. Childs, 1850), contrib. by Edwin Williams, I. Daniel Rupp, Lyman Cobb, Hugh Moore, and Samuel L. Knapp
- Universal Dictionary of the English Language: A New and Original Work Presenting for Convenient Reference the Orthography, Pronunciation, Meaning, Use, Origin and Development of Every Word in the English Language (4 volumes; New York: P. F. Collier, 1897), ed. by Robert Hunter and Charles Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (based on the 1913 Merriam-Webster edition)
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- An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (new and revised edition; Oxford, UK: At the Clarendon press, ca. 1910), by Walter W. Skeat
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