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Pagina vii
90 CHAPTER I . On the English Alphabet . . . CHAPTER II . Spelling and
Pronunciation . . . . . 143 & Appendix on Spelling - Reform CHAPTER III . Of
Interjections . . . . . . . 186 i § 1 . Natural Interjections . . . . 189 § 2 . Historical
Interjections .
90 CHAPTER I . On the English Alphabet . . . CHAPTER II . Spelling and
Pronunciation . . . . . 143 & Appendix on Spelling - Reform CHAPTER III . Of
Interjections . . . . . . . 186 i § 1 . Natural Interjections . . . . 189 § 2 . Historical
Interjections .
Pagina 64
Perhaps this ss may have been a difference of orthography rather than of
pronunciation : which is made probable by the substitution of the ss for ch where
we must suppose a French pronunciation of the ch , which is about the same as
our sh ...
Perhaps this ss may have been a difference of orthography rather than of
pronunciation : which is made probable by the substitution of the ss for ch where
we must suppose a French pronunciation of the ch , which is about the same as
our sh ...
Pagina 113
The pronunciation of the u as yew can hardly be of EastAnglian growth , though
natives of that province sometimes bring in the sound unexpectedly . When they
utter the words rule , truth , Jerusalem , with energy , they have been observed to
...
The pronunciation of the u as yew can hardly be of EastAnglian growth , though
natives of that province sometimes bring in the sound unexpectedly . When they
utter the words rule , truth , Jerusalem , with energy , they have been observed to
...
Pagina 118
Change from æ to ' a ' : - æcern acorn ( according to a rare pronunciation ) , æfter
after , æsc ash , ælmesse alms , æx axe , bæð bath , dræg net drag - net , fæt fat
or vat , fæder father , fæpm fathom , fæst fast , glæs glass , gærs grass , gnæt ...
Change from æ to ' a ' : - æcern acorn ( according to a rare pronunciation ) , æfter
after , æsc ash , ælmesse alms , æx axe , bæð bath , dræg net drag - net , fæt fat
or vat , fæder father , fæpm fathom , fæst fast , glæs glass , gærs grass , gnæt ...
Pagina 119
... to any word the possession of a true a , ' we mean that if the word be
adequately pronounced , that sound is heard . In average conversation or
reading this vowel is too often slurred or squeezed up between VOWEL -
PRONUNCIATION , 119.
... to any word the possession of a true a , ' we mean that if the word be
adequately pronounced , that sound is heard . In average conversation or
reading this vowel is too often slurred or squeezed up between VOWEL -
PRONUNCIATION , 119.
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Edizione | 3 |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1880 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Harvard University |
| Digitalizzato | 6 feb 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 700 pagine |
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