John Ash and the Rise of the Children’s Grammar Published by LOT phone: +31 30 253 6006 Trans 10 3512 JK Utrecht e-mail:
[email protected] The Netherlands http://www.lotschool.nl Cover illustration: “The Articles”. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, The Infant’s Grammar Page 3. ISBN: 978-94-6093-061-4 NUR 616 Copyright © 2011: Karlijn Navest. All rights reserved. John Ash and the Rise of the Children’s Grammar Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op dinsdag 20 september 2011 klokke 16.15 uur door Karlijn Marianne Navest geboren te Bergen op Zoom in 1980 Promotiecommissie promotor Prof. dr. I.M. Tieken-Boon van Ostade overige leden Prof. dr. P.G. Hoftijzer Prof. dr. I. Sluiter Dr. D. Stoker (University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK) The research for this book was carried out as part of the project “The Codifiers and the English Language: Tracing the Norms of Standard English”, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). For my parents Table of Contents Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... v Chapter 1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 1 1.1. The teaching of English grammar ................................................................................ 1 1.2. The concept of