A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language (Classic Reprint)

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: John Walker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-20

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 9780282619978

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Excerpt from A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language The last writer on this subject is Mr. Nam, who, in his Elements of Orthoepy, has shown a clearness of method and an extent of olmervalim which deserve the highest encomiums. Liis Preface alone proves him an elegant writer, as well as a philosophical observer of Language; and his Alphabetical ladcx, referring near five thousand words to the rules for pronouncing them, is a new and useful method of treating the subject; but he seems, on any one, to have mistaken the best usage, and to have paid too little attention to the first principles of pronunciation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language PDF

Author: John Walker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-24

Total Pages: 1112

ISBN-13: 9780282523985

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Excerpt from A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In Which Not Only the Meaning of Every Word Is Clearly Explained, and the Sound of Every Syllable Distinctly Shown, But, Where Words Are Subject to Different Pronunciations, the Authorities of Our Best Pronouncing Dictionaries Are Fully Exhibited The work I have to offer on the fubjet't has, I hope, added fomethmg to the publick lioek: it net only exhibits the principles of pronunciation on a more extenfive plan than others have done, divides the nords into fyllables, and marks the founds of the vowels like Dr. Kenrick, f pells the v ords as they are pronounced like Mr. Sheridan, and directs the infpcetor to the rule by the word like Mr. Nares but, where words are fubjeel to different pronunciations, it {hows the reafons from analogy for each. Produces authorities for one fide and the Other, and points out the pronunciation which is preferable. Ln lliott, I have endeavoured to unite the ference of Mr. Elphinlton, the method of Mr Nares, and the general utility of Mr. Sheridan and, to add to there advan tages, have given critical obfervations on fuch words as are fubjeet to a diver fity of pronunciation, and have itivited the infpeetor to death according to analogy and the belt ufage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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