English Grammar In Familiar Lectures: Accompanied By A Compendium, Embracing A New Systematick Order Of Parsing

by Samuel Kirkham

English Grammar In Familiar Accompanied By A Compendium, Embracing A New Systematick Order Of Parsing by Samuel Kirkham. This 1839 instructional treatise offers a complete program of English grammar designed for schools and private learners. Kirkham introduces a New Systematick Order of Parsing that aims to make parsing, syntax, orthography, punctuation, and philology accessible through a progressive lectures on orthography, etymology and syntax, nouns and verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, interjections, and moods and tenses, followed by an Appendix and a Key to the Exercises. The Compendium provides a condensed view of the whole language, while the main lectures elaborate principles with definitions, reformulations of traditional rules, and practical examples. The work emphasizes utility and clarity over ornate style, seeking to enable learners to parse sentences, apply rules in practical exercises, and improve reading and writing skills by a methodical, system-wide approach. It also includes numerous recommendations from contemporaries highlighting its efficacy for elementary instruction. Overall, it is a foundational text in early American-English grammar pedagogy and linguistic analysis.

246 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1989