A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (4th edition)
A
CRITICAL
PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY,
AND
EXPOSITOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Price 1l. 11s. 6d. Boards.
Entered at Stationers' Hall.
G. Sidney, Printer, Northumberland-street, Strand.
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
Reasons for each are at large displayed, and the preferable Pronunciation is pointed out.
TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,
Principles of English Pronunciation:
IN WHICH,
The Sounds of Letters, Syllables, and Words, are critically investigated, and systematically arranged; the Influence of the Greek
and Latin Accent and Quantity, on the Accent and Quantity of the English, is thoroughly examined, and clearly defined;
and the Analogies of the Language are so fully shown as to lay the Foundation of a consistent and rational 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.
By JOHN WALKER,
Author of Elements of Elocution, Rhyming Dictionary, etc. etc.
Quare, si fieri potest, et verba omnia, et vox, hujus alumnum urbis oleant: ut oratio Romana planè videatur, non civitate donata.—Quintilian.
THE FOURTH EDITION;
With considerable Improvements, and large Additions.
London:
Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; G. Wilkie and J. Robinson, No. 57, George
Robinson, No. 25, Pater-Noster-Row; and T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.
1806.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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