Who invented the grammar?

The history of English grammars begins late in the sixteenth century with the Pamphlet for Grammar by William Bullokar. In the early works, the structure and rules of English grammar were contrasted with those of Latin. A more modern approach, incorporating phonology, was introduced in the nineteenth century. read more

In linguistics, grammar is not an invention, or a set of rules, it is a system how a (native) speaker of the language forms grammatically correct utterances. Linguistics aims to observe this system, which linguists consider in part biologically, in part socially, but mostly unconsciously formed in a speaker's mindset. read more

A brief look at language study and grammar, including traditional types of grammars and universal grammar as seen by grammarians and linguists. read more

The first English grammar, Pamphlet for Grammar by William Bullokar, written with the seeming goal of demonstrating that English was quite as rule-bound as Latin, was published in 1586. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534). read more