The English polymath Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) wrote on a wide range of scientific, theological and pedagogical subjects. In 1761, he produced the influential textbook Rudiments of English Grammar (also reissued in this series). The following year, having taken up a teaching position at Warrington Academy, he released this outline of nineteen lectures on a variety of linguistic topics. Although it was not published, it was distributed to other dissenting academies. Intended to give teachers a starting point when discussing 'the art of language' in its diverse forms, the lectures range from…mehr
The English polymath Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) wrote on a wide range of scientific, theological and pedagogical subjects. In 1761, he produced the influential textbook Rudiments of English Grammar (also reissued in this series). The following year, having taken up a teaching position at Warrington Academy, he released this outline of nineteen lectures on a variety of linguistic topics. Although it was not published, it was distributed to other dissenting academies. Intended to give teachers a starting point when discussing 'the art of language' in its diverse forms, the lectures range from articulation and the alphabet to comparative linguistics, syntax, metre and the evolution of language. Along with its companion work, it established Priestley as one of the leading grammarians and educators of his time. Modern readers will gain a deeper understanding of his drive to increase and share knowledge of how and why speech and writing served their purpose.
English scientist, theologian, and political theorist Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) made numerous contributions to chemistry, physics, and philosophy. Priestley, who was raised in Birstall, West Yorkshire, attended local schools before going to Daventry Academy, where he became very interested in natural philosophy. Priestley made significant scientific advances. His greatest-known distxtery, made in 1774, was oxygen, which he dubbed "dephlogisticated air." His investigations into gases and their characteristics, which are detailed in "Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air," greatly enhanced our knowledge of chemistry. Priestley also studied nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, among other gases. In addition to his scientific interests, Priestley was a prolific writer on theological and political topics as well as a dissident clergyman. He received criticism for his Unitarian beliefs and his perceived radical religious ideas. Priestley was a liberal and democratic idealist whose political writings shaped the early American history.
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Advertisement Introduction 1. Of articulation, the nature and use of it 2. Of the origin of letters, whether divine or not 3. Of hieroglyphics, etc. 4. The general distribution of words into classes 5. Of nouns, etc. 6. Of adjectives 7. Of verbs 8. Of tenses 9. Of adverbs, etc. 10. Of derivation and composition of words 11. Of the concatenation of sentences 12. Of the regular growth and corruption of languages from internal causes 13. Of the origin and complex structure of the Greek and Latin languages 14. A multiplicity of inflections 15. Of the revolutions of languages from external causes 16. Of metrical composition 17. Observations on the different properties of language 18. A comparison of different languages 19. Of the origin of diversity of languages Errata.
Advertisement Introduction 1. Of articulation, the nature and use of it 2. Of the origin of letters, whether divine or not 3. Of hieroglyphics, etc. 4. The general distribution of words into classes 5. Of nouns, etc. 6. Of adjectives 7. Of verbs 8. Of tenses 9. Of adverbs, etc. 10. Of derivation and composition of words 11. Of the concatenation of sentences 12. Of the regular growth and corruption of languages from internal causes 13. Of the origin and complex structure of the Greek and Latin languages 14. A multiplicity of inflections 15. Of the revolutions of languages from external causes 16. Of metrical composition 17. Observations on the different properties of language 18. A comparison of different languages 19. Of the origin of diversity of languages Errata.
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