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Grammar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2023

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Kimberly J. Stern*
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
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Abstract

Although grammar is often associated with schematic approaches to education, it was a hotly contested subject in the nineteenth century. Considering nineteenth-century grammar texts, as well as the recent turn to “grammar” as a theoretical lens in nineteenth-century studies, this keywords entry proposes that grammar, far from reflecting fixed and incontrovertible precepts, serves as a powerful tool for querying and renegotiating disciplinary structures.

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Victorian Literature and Culture , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , Fall 2023 , pp. 419 - 422
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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