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'Nuria Yanez-Bouza offers a theoretically and empirically rich exploration of the relationship between linguistic practice and precept in the usage of that notorious grammatical shibboleth, preposition stranding, in late modern English. The result is a comprehensive account of eighteenth century attitudes and linguistic habits in the period.' Susan Fitzmaurice, University of Sheffield 'Comprehensively researched and rigorously analyzed, this brilliantly definitive work mines linguistic, grammatical, rhetorical and literary sources to reveal the complex, interconnected histories of preposition stranding and the developing prescriptive tradition.' Carol Percy, University of Toronto 'All in all, Yanez-Bouza's Grammar, Rhetoric and Usage in English fits in nicely with other research in the field and adds an important piece to the socio-historical study of effects of prescriptivism on actual language use. It is a well-structured study which benefits greatly from a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. This book is suitable for researchers as well as students with a background in syntax.' Carmen Ebner, The Linguist List (linguistlist.org) 'Nuria Yanez-Bouza offers a theoretically and empirically rich exploration of the relationship between linguistic practice and precept in the usage of that notorious grammatical shibboleth, preposition stranding, in late modern English. The result is a comprehensive account of eighteenth century attitudes and linguistic habits in the period.' Susan Fitzmaurice, University of Sheffield 'Comprehensively researched and rigorously analyzed, this brilliantly definitive work mines linguistic, grammatical, rhetorical and literary sources to reveal the complex, interconnected histories of preposition stranding and the developing prescriptive tradition.' Carol Percy, University of Toronto 'All in all, Yanez-Bouza's Grammar, Rhetoric and Usage in English fits in nicely with other research in the field and adds an important piece to the socio-historical study of effects of prescriptivism on actual language use. It is a well-structured study which benefits greatly from a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches. This book is suitable for researchers as well as students with a background in syntax.' Carmen Ebner, The Linguist List (linguistlist.org)

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Nuria Yáñez-Bouza is a lecturer in English Language at the University of Manchester, and currently holds a Senior Research Fellowship at Universidade de Vigo, Spain.

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