English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English LanguageOxford University Press, 2002 - 239 páginas Thomas Spence (1750-1814) was a native of Newcastle upon Tyne who is best known for his political writings, and more particularly for his radical 'Plan' for social reform involving common ownership of the land. One hitherto neglected aspect of Spence's Plan was his proposal to extend thebenefits of reading and of 'correct' pronunciation to the lower classes by means of a phonetic script of his own devising, first set out and used in Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language (1775).The Grand Repository was one of many English pronouncing dictionaries produced in the late eighteenth-century to satisfy the growing demands for a clear guide to 'correct' pronunciation. It differs from its contemporaries firstly in that it was intended primarily for the lower classes, and secondlyin that it is the only eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionary of English to use a truly 'phonetic' script in the sense of one sound being represented by one symbol.In this fascinating and unique account, Beal pays particular attention to the actual pronunciations advocated by Spence and his contemporaries with a view to reconstructing what was felt to be 'correct' pronunciation in eighteenth-century Britain. With broad appeal to linguists and historians alike,this study highlights the importance of pronouncing dictionaries as a resource for the historical phonologist, and provides a valuable addition to the limited body of knowledge on eighteenth-century pronunciation. |
Contenido
The Cinderella of English | 13 |
The Value | 36 |
Spences Grand Repository of the English Language | 71 |
Evidence from | 96 |
Conclusion | 181 |
2cii Words with A in unstressed syllables in the Grand Repository | 195 |
2di Words with in stressed syllables in the Grand Repository | 196 |
in the Grand Repository compared | 210 |
Words of FrenchLatin origin with initial h in the Grand | 223 |
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Términos y frases comunes
accents æ æ æ alphabet Appendix Charles Jones consonant CSED dialect diphthong Dobson eighteenth century eighteenth-century orthoepists eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionaries eighteenth-century sources Elphinston English Language evidence example Grammar Grand Repository h-dropping hypercorrection initial h instance Jespersen Kenrick Labov late eighteenth later lengthening letter lexical diffusion lexical set linguistic London long long long long vowel Neogrammarian Newcastle northern orthoepists orthography palatalization phonetic phoneticians phonology preconsonantal present-day RP pronouncing dictionaries Entry quoted reflexes represented rhoticity rounded vowel rule Scots seventeenth century Sheldon Sheridan Burn 1791 short long long short long short short short long short short short short unstressed shows sound change speakers speech Spence's Spence's Grand Repository Spence's system suggests symbol tfju:r tfǝr tər Thomas Spence three other pronouncing tju:r tju:r tfju:r tfǝr traditional orthography unrounded unstressed syllables unstressed vowels usage variation Vowel Shift vulgar Walker Sheridan Burn Wells's whilst writes Wyld yod-dropping སྦྲུ