Psychology of English / / Margaret M. Bryant, Janet Rankin Aiken.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Bryant, Margaret M.,; Aiken, Janet Rankin,
• TeilnehmendeR: Aiken, Janet Rankin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1940]; ©1940
• Year of Publication: 1940
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Grammar as a Study --; 3. The Logic of English Grammar --; 4. The Origin of Grammar --; 5. Changing Grammar --; 6. How Grammar Changes --; 7. Consistency in Grammar --; 8. Inconsistency in Grammar --; 9. Grammar Is Arbitrary --; 10. Tendency to Change --; 11. Expedition, Impatience, Anticipation --; 12. Long-Cutting in English Grammar --; 13. Imagination and Striving for Beauty --; 14. Humdrum and Escape --; 15. Arrogance and the Desire to Impress --; 16. Modesty and Politeness --; 17. Impatience and Abbreviation --; 18. Emphatic Frankness --; 19. Confusion and Profundity --; 20. Sloth and Slovenliness --; 21. Indecisiveness --; 22. Problems of Time --; 23. The Future of English --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231888837; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/brya92462
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Margaret M. Bryant, Janet Rankin Aiken.

Studies the psychology of the English language where grammar is among the last strongholds of the logician, the last of the sciences where certainty is thought to reign.