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Fowler’s English Usage

Fowler’s English Usage. Changes From 1906 to 1996. The King’s English Fowler, H.W. and F.G., 1 st edition (1906) The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage Fowler, H.W., ed. R.W. Burchfield. Rev. 3rd edition. Major Changes. Organization Chapters Alphabetized List

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Fowler’s English Usage

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  1. Fowler’s English Usage Changes From 1906 to 1996

  2. The King’s English • Fowler, H.W. and F.G., 1st edition (1906) • The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage • Fowler, H.W., ed. R.W. Burchfield. Rev. 3rd edition.

  3. Major Changes • Organization Chapters Alphabetized List • Pronunciation clarifications Respelling IPA format • Overall Shift in Tone Prescriptivism Descriptivism

  4. OrganizationThe King’s English (1906) • Table of contents with various headings and subheadings • Not alphabetical

  5. Organization The King’s English (1906) Chapter 1. Vocabulary Americanisms … Americanisms are foreign words, and should be so treated… “Far out, a three-funnelled Atlantic transport with turtle bow and stern waddled in from the deep sea.” -Kipling.

  6. OrganizationThe King’s English (1906) • Chapter 4 Punctuation Quotation Marks QUOTATION marks, like hyphens, should be used only when necessary. The degree of necessity will vary slightly with the mental state of the audience for whom a book is intended… John Smith, Esq., 'Chatsworth', Melton Road, Leamington. The implication seems to be: living in the house that sensible people call 164 Melton Road, but one fool likes to call Chatsworth.

  7. Organization The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996) • Pronunciation and abbreviation keys at the front

  8. Organization The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996) • Alphabetical listing of words and concepts prescience, prescient. The customary pronunciations now in BrE are /'presIәns/ and /'presiәnt/, whereas the OED (1909) gave only /'pri:∫Iәns/ and /'pri:∫Iәnt/, with a long first vowel and a palatized medial consonant. presumedly. Four syllables if used: see –EDLY. But it is better to use presumably or another synonym.

  9. Pronunciation Clarifications • The King’s English The preface to The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage states that in The King’s English, “Fowler used a respelling system when discussing the pronunciation of individual words.”

  10. Pronunciation Clarifications • The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage • IPA format • Many Abbreviations glycerine. /‘glIsə,rim/. So spelt in BrE but usu. glycerin /-rm/ in AmE.

  11. Shift in Tone • The King’s English • Prescriptivism • Lays down rules and suggestions for proper usage. • The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage • Descriptivism • Describes how words and language rules function • Acknowledges non-standard forms but does not advise against usages

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