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# Henry Sweet

2 paper cards in the Research library · 1891–1892

Henry Sweet wrote 2 of the papers Mova reads, in 1891–1892.

Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Henry+Sweet) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Henry+Sweet) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Henry+Sweet) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Henry+Sweet) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/orcid-search/search?searchQuery=Henry+Sweet)

## Papers

1. **[A Short Historical English Grammar](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sweet-1892-short-historical-english-grammar/)** *(1892)* Sweet's short grammar is an abridgment of the historical parts of his New English Grammar. Its aim is to give students an up-to-date account of English phonology, dialectology and chronology, with careful separation of what is in living use from what is obsolete. It leaves out Grimm's and Verner's laws, which belong…
2. **[A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sweet-1891-new-english-grammar-logical/)** *(1891)* The first large scholarly grammar of English to combine a description of the contemporary language with its history.