A critical pronouncing dictionary. With a suppl., by E. Smith1881 |
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Términos y frases comunes
accent analogy animal appearance authority båll beginning Belonging body bring called cause close common compounds Consisting consonant containing contrary cover derived diphthong direct distinct draw English equal expression fall fåll 83 Fate followed force French frequently give given ground grow hand hard head heard hold horse Johnson join Kenrick kind language Latin letter light manner mark matter mean measure mind move nature ness nôt noun observed pass Perry person plant preceded preserve Principles produce pronounced pronunciation quantity reason Relating rhyme rule Scott seems sense sharp Sheridan short side sometimes sound speaking spelling syllable tåb term termination thing tion tree unite verb vowel word writing written
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Página 13 - Grammar, says it is sounded firm in the beginning of words, and more liquid in the middle and ends, as in rarer, riper ; and so in the Latin.
Página 161 - A great circle, whose poles are the poles of the •world. It divides the globe into two equal parts, the northern and southern hemispheres.
Página 16 - As emphasis evidently points out the most significant word in a sentence ; so, where other reasons do not forbid, the accent always dwells with greatest force on that part of the word which, from its importance, the hearer has always the greatest occasion to observe : and this is necessarily the root or body of the word.
Página 13 - 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 258 - Insects, which in their several changes belong to several of the before-mentioned divisions, may be considered together as one great tribe of animals. They are called insects, from a separation in the middle of their bodies, whereby they are, as it were, cut into two parts, which are joined together by a small ligature; as we see in wasps, common flies, and the like.
Página 13 - Ireland the r,in these words, is pronounced with so strong a jar of the tongue against the fore-part of the palate, and accompanied with such an aspiration or strong breathing at the beginning of the letter, as to produce that harshness we call the Irish accent. But if this letter is too forcibly pronounced in Ireland, it is often too feebly sounded in England, and particularly in London, where it is sometimes entirely sunk...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | A critical pronouncing dictionary. With a suppl., by E. Smith |
| Autor | John Walker |
| Editor | Edward Smith (fellow of the Educational institute of Scotland) |
| Publicado | 1881 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 9 Ago. 2006 |
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