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. <ul> <li> <div>Offers comprehensive documentation of Schottelius’s numerous sources to show the range and limits of scholarly knowledge in 17th-century Germany</div> </li> <li> <div>Introduces new data that provides insight into whether a grammarian like Schottelius could have any impact on how people actually wrote</div> </li> <li> <div>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</div> </li> <li> <div>Traces Schottelius’s influence on Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Russian grammar</div> </li> </ul>