James Buchanan as an Urban Economist

AbstractIn light of the question how the eighteenth-century English grammar writing tradition contributed to the development of Standard English, this article attempts to answer the question to what extent the grammarian James Buchanan made use of Anne Fisher’s grammar in writing his own. While Buchanan admitted that he consulted the works of other grammarians, he did not reveal which he used. It is argued that Buchanan drew on Fisher’s grammar for his focus on English concord, and for the inclusion of example sentences of false syntax and of exercises on bad English. However, the differences in layout and the subjects discussed in the example sentences and exercises are such that the similarities can be said to fall within the remit of acceptable eighteenth-century authorship and that they do not seem evidence of an attempt to plagiarise. On the contrary, Buchanan’s reliance on Fisher’s grammar can best be understood as a concern with the didactics of English grammar rather than with the actual language norms purported by Fisher – though some features seem inspired by her. As such, Buchanan’s use of Fisher’s grammar can be seen as an attempt to further the development of an English grammar teaching method within the discourse community of the eighteenth-century grammarians.

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The Works of James Buchanan, comprising his Speeches, State Papers and Private Correspondence. Collected and edited by John Bassett Moore. Volumes V. and VI., 1841–1844, 1844–1846. (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott and Company. 1909. Pp. viii, 514.)

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/14.3.594 ◽

1909 ◽

Keyword(s):

James Buchanan ◽

Private Correspondence

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The Works of James Buchanan, comprising his Speeches, State Papers, and Private Correspondence. Collected and edited by John Bassett Moore. Volume X., 1856–1860; Volume XI., 1860–1868. (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1910. Pp. xv, 467; xxii, 516.)

The American Historical Review ◽

10.1086/ahr/15.4.887 ◽

1910 ◽

Keyword(s):

James Buchanan ◽

Private Correspondence

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Análisis crítico del concepto de valores absolutos relativamente absolutos. El máximo común divisor de los valores. El caso de la libertad

Persona y Sociedad ◽

10.53689/pys.v29i2.86 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Isabel Ruiz-Gallardón

Keyword(s):

Natural Law ◽

Karl Popper ◽

James Buchanan

En el presente artículo se pretende exponer y analizar las tesis del profesor Pedro Schwartz, divulgadas en su ensayo En busca de Montesquieu. La democracia en peligro, en relación al concepto ‘valores absolutos relativamente absolutos’. Este ha sido tomado por este académico de las tesis de Frank Knight, expuestas en The Rights of Man and Natural Law (1944), y de James Buchanan, en su ensayo Relatively Absolute Absolutes (1989). A continuación se plantea una reconsideración de la aplicación que realiza Schwartz del método hipotético-deductivo de Karl Popper al ámbito de los valores.

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