J.G. Schottelius's Ausführliche Arbeit Von Der Teutschen Haubtsprache (1663) and Its Place in Early Modern European Vernacular Language Study

This monograph offers a comprehensive reassessment of the dominant German grammarian of the 17th century J.G. Schottelius, and examines his legacy both in Germany and Europe. * Offers comprehensive documentation of Schottelius s numerous sources to show the range and limits of scholarly knowledge in 17th-century Germany * Introduces new data that provides insight into whether a grammarian like Schottelius could have any impact on how people actually wrote * Provides an accessible reading of Schottelius s landmark study (with quotations translated into English) that does not assume prior knowledge of the seventeenth-century German context * Traces Schottelius s influence on Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian grammar