English Linguistics, 1500-1800: (A Collection of Facsimile Reprints), 第 117 号Scolar Press, 1791 |
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accent adjective analogy båll Belonging body cafe called caufe clofe colour compounds confidence Confitting confonant contrary corrupt defire Dictionary diphthong drefs English fåll fame får fåt fate fecond fyllable feems fenfe feparate fharp fhort found fide fignifying filent fimple firft firſt flate flender fmail fmall followed fome fomething fometimes fpecies frike fubject fuch fupport fyllable give ground heard houfe houſe inftrument interfecting kind laft language laſt Latin lefs letter manner mark meaſure ment mêt môve muſt nefs nỏ noife nôt noun nounced obfcure obferved oppofite pallion perfon pine place the accent plant prefent preferve preter preterit pron pronounced pronunciation quantity reafon Relating rhyme rule Sheridan ſhort ſpeakers termination thần tharp thefe theſe words thin thing thofe thort thoſe thould tion triphthong trom ufed unaccented uſed verb vowel vulgar written
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50 ページ - The rough r is formed by jarring the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth near the fore teeth : tin smooth г it 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* In England, and particularly in London, the r in lard, bard, card, regard, &c.
70 ページ - The best and easiest rule," says the learned bishop, " for dividing the syllables in spelling, is, to divide them as they are naturally divided in a right pronunciation, without regard to the derivation of words, or the possible combination of consonants, at the beginning of a syllable.
67 ページ - The secondary accent is that stress which we may occasionally place upon another syllable, besides that which has the principal accent ; in order to pronounce every part of the word more distinctly, forcibly, and harmoniously : thus, "Complaisant, caravan...
2 ページ - A vowel is a simple sound, formed by a continued effusion of the breath, and a certain conformation of the mouth, without any alteration in the position, or any motion of the organs of speech, from the moment the vocal sound commences till it ends. 7. A consonant may be defined to be, an interruption of the effusion of vocal sound, arising from the application of the organs of speech to each other.
65 ページ - ... than the true and precise nature of things ; and therefore, he who has made a complex idea of a body with life, sense, and motion, with a faculty of reason joined to it, needs but use the short monosyllable, man, to express all particulars that correspond to that complex idea.
64 ページ - Though therefore it be the Mind that makes the Collection, 'tis the Name which is, as it were the Knot, that ties them fast together.
xiv ページ - ... strongly tinctured with the dialect of the country in which they live. Hence it is, that the vulgar pronunciation of London, though not half so erroneous as that of Scotland, Ireland, or any of the provinces, is, to a person of correct taste, a thousand times more offensive and disgusting.
38 ページ - ... the sound of the simple, and with heroic fortitude have opposed the multitude by pronouncing the first syllable of this word as it is heard in the verb to know. The Pulpit and the Bar have for some years given a sanction to this pronunciation ; but the Senate and the Stage hold out inflexibly against it -, and the Nation at large seem insensible of the improvement.
50 ページ - In England, and particularly in London, the r in lard, bard, card, regard, is pronounced so much in the throat, as to be little more than the middle or Italian a lengthened...