A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language--: To which are Prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation-- Likewise, Rules to be Observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for Avoiding Their Respective Peculiarities ; and Directions to Foreigners, for Acquiring a Knowledge of the Use of this Dictionary. The Whole Interspersed with Observations, Etymological, Critical, and Grammatical |
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accent adopted affection analogy animal appearance authority båll beginning Belonging body bring called cause close common compounds consisting consonant containing contrary cover derived Dictionary diphthong direct distinct draw English equal expression fall Fåte 73 followed force French frequently give given ground grow hand hard head heard hold Johnson join Kenrick kind language Latin less letter light live manner mark matter mean measure ment mind move nature ness noun nounced observed pass Perry person plant preceded Principles produce pronounced pronunciation quantity reason Relating rhyme rule Scott seems sense separate sharp Sheridan short sometimes sound syllable term termination thing tion unite verb vowel word writing written
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Página 11 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn : Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step, and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...
Página 7 - Is it the usage of the multitude of speakers, whether good or bad ? This has never been asserted by the most sanguine abettors of its authority. Is it the usage of the studious in schools and colleges, with those of the learned professions...
Página 11 - Any period of time attributed to something as the whole, or part, of its duration ; a succession or generation of men ; the time in which any particular man or race of men lived, as, the age of heroes...
Página 11 - The rough r is formed by jarring the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth near the fore teeth: the smooth r is a vibration of the lower part of the tongue, near the root, against the inward region of the palate, near the entrance of the throat. This latter r is that which marks the pronunciation of England, and the former that of Ireland.
Página 134 - One straight body laid at right angles over another ; the ensign of the Christian religion ; a monument with a cross upon it to excite devotion, such as were anciently set in market-places...
Página 7 - Graecism of the schools, will be denominated respectable usage, till a certain number of the general mass of speakers have acknowledged them ; nor will a multitude of common speakers authorize any pronunciation which is reprobated by the learned and polite.
Página 190 - The Ember days at the four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, the Feast of Pentecost, September 14, and December 13.
Página 138 - Circulation, pnwer of passing from hand to hand ; general reception ; fluency, readiness of utterance ; continuance, constant flow ; general esteem, the rate at which any thing is vulgarly valued; the papers stamped in the English colonies by authority, and passing for money.
Página 4 - Most of the writers of English grammar have given long tables of words pronounced otherwise than they are written; and seem not sufficiently to have considered, that, of English, as of all living tongues, there is a double pronunciation; one cursory and colloquial; the other, regular and solemn.
Página 4 - For pronunciation, the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language--: To which are Prefixed, Principles of English Pronunciation-- Likewise, Rules to be Observed by the Natives of Scotland, Ireland, and London, for Avoiding Their Respective Peculiarities ; and Directions to Foreigners, for ... |
| Autor | John Walker |
| Edición | 24 |
| Editor | Stereotyped and printed by A. Wilson for T. Cadell, 1822 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 3 Ago. 2005 |
| Largo | 691 páginas |
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