The standard of pronunciation in English

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury

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RD J N S BU RY ', THE STANDARD OF PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH BY THOMAS R. LOUNSBURY Professor of in YaleEnglish University NEW YORK AND LONDON II HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1904 ELECTRONIC VERSION AVAILABLE NO. 1137 US' HARPER& BROTHERS.Copyright, 1904, by All reserved.rights Published March, 1904. TO MARCHFRANCIS ANDREW PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN LAFAYETTEOF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY IS DEDICATED ASCOLLEGE, THIS TREATISE HISA SLIGHT TOKEN OF RESPECT FOR CHAR- ACTER AND OF ESTEEM FOR HIS SCHOLARSHIP PREFACE THE idea which underlies the present constituted theessay originally subject of an inaddress delivered at Easton The occasion was the celebra-1895. tion held honor ofthen and there in the scholar to whom this littledistinguished work is dedicated. At that time only a was of the illustrativeportion given material which had been to-brought At a still later additionsgether. period were made to the address as originally From it thus selec-prepared. enlarged tions were in the of twoprinted shape articles which inappeared Harper's for and November,Magazine September The whole treatise is now in-1903. cluded in the volume,present v PREFACE A list of the thecomplete words, pro- of which hasnunciation for reasonany received consideration in the of thebody can be found at the end.work, The number of these is there wouldlarge; have nobeen in itdifficulty making very much In no havelarger.

Sujets

• English language
• Pronunciation

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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