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Details for:
Knowles, G. (1979). A Cultural History of The English Language. London: Arnold
events
Events:
87 events from this source recorded
1391
Petition to Richard II to prohibit reading by the lower classes
1401
Oxford debate to discuss suitability of English for bible translation
1407
Arundel's legislation to prohibit English in church matters.
1417
Henry V begins to use English in official correspondence.
1496
John Stanbridge's 'Accidence'
1528
Erasmus's 'Dialogus' published
1528
Valence's 'Introductions in Frensshe'
1531
Elyot's 'The Governour' published
1533
Lupset's 'Treatise' published
1535
Coverdale's translation of the bible published
1536
Act of Union with Wales
1537
Tyndale's 'Matthew Bible' published.
1540
Lily's "A short introduction of grammar" published
1543
2nd Act of Union with Wales
1550
'A Very Necessary Book'
1551
John Hart's 'The Opening of the Unreasonable Writing of Our English Tongue' written
1553
Wilson's 'The arte of rhetorique' published
1563
Act of parliament for the translation of the bible and common prayer book into Welsh.
1568
Sir Thomas Smith's 'De Recta et Emendata Linguae Anglicae Dialogus' published
1569
John Hart's 'Orthographie' published
1570
John Hart's 'A Method' published
1573
Baret's 'Triple Dictionarie'
1575
de la Pichonnaye's 'A Plaine Pathway'
1580
Jacques Bellot's "The English Schoolmaster" published
1586
Bullokar's 'Pamphlet for Grammar' published
1587
Harrison's 'Of the Languages Spoken in this Island'
1594
Greave's 'Grammatica anglicana' published
1596
Edmund Coote publishes 'The English Schoolemaister'
1604
Robert Cawdrey publishes 'A table Alphabeticall'
1612
Brinsley's 'The posing of the past'
1616
Bullokar publishes 'English Expositor'
1617
Bolton proposes a Royal Academy
1623
Cockeram publishes 'English Dictionarie'
1640
Ben Jonson's 'English Grammar' published
1640
Daines' 'Orthoepia anglicana' published
1644
Hodges' 'The English Primrose' published
1647
Lodowyck's 'A common writing' published
1652
Lodowyck's 'The ground-work for a new perfect language' published
1653
John Wallis's 'Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae' published
1653
Hodges' 'Most plain direction for true-writing'
1659
Jones's 'Rationality of the art of speaking' published
1660
Port Royal's 'Grammaire generale et raisonee'
1661
Hunt's 'Libellus orthographus' published
1664
Royal Society committee to 'improve the English Tongue'
1665
Price's 'The vocal organ' published
1669
Holder's 'Elements of speech' published
1671
Lye's 'The child's delight' published
1672
Dryden's 'Defence of the Epilogue'
1673
Preston's 'Brief directions for true spelling' published
1674
Ray's 'Collection of English words' published
1674
Cole's 'The Compleat English Schoolmaster' published
1685
Cooper's 'Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae' published
1686
Lodowyck's 'Essay' published
1693
Joseph Aicken's 'English Grammar' published
1697
Defoe's 'Essay upon projects' published
1702
Kersey's 'New Dictionary'
1711
Addison's article in the Spectator
1712
Swift publishes 'Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'
1712
Oldmixon's response to Swift's 'Proposal'
1747
Johnson's 'Plan for a Dictionary' published
1755
Johnson publishes 'A dictionary of the English Language'
1762
Lowth publishes "Short Introduction to English Grammar"
1762
Priestly's 'Course of lectures' published
1770
Baker's 'Reflections on the English language' published
1786
First penal colony in Australia started in Botany Bay,
1791
John Walker publishes 'Critical Pronouncing Dictionary'
1811
National Society formed
1832
Reform Act passes in British parliament
1833
First British parliamentary grant for education
1836
Richardson's 'A new dictionary of the English language' published
1864
Furnivall founds 'Early English Text Society'
1864
Alford's 'The Queens English' published
1867
2nd Reform Act passed
1868
'Chaucer Society' founded
1870
Education Act passed
1882
Hodgson's 'Errors in the use of English' published
1884
First instalment of "A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles" (the OED)
1917
Jones's 'The English Pronouncing Dictionary' published
1918
Jones's 'Outline of English Phonetics' published
1919
Fowler brothers' 'The King's English' published
1920
Wyld's 'A History of Modern Colloquial English'
1921
'The Teaching of English in England' (the Newbolt Report) published.
1921
Sampson's 'English for the English' published.
1928
Final instalment of OED published
1954
Gower's 'The complete plain words' published
1961
'Brown Corpus of American English' published
1973
Bernstein's 'Class, Code and Control'