An Essay Towards Establishing a Standard for an Elegant and Uniform Pronunciation of the English Language, ... by James Buchanan,

An Essay Towards Establishing a Standard for an Elegant and Uniform Pronunciation of the English Language, ... by James Buchanan,
Author: James Buchanan
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781379378761

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T087971 With a final errata leaf. London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1766. xxvii, [333]p.; 8°

The Theory of English Lexicography 1530–1791

The Theory of English Lexicography 1530–1791
Author: Tetsuro Hayashi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1978-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027281319

This book serves as a welcome addition to the better known English Dictionary from Cawdrey to Johnson, 1604-1755, by Starnes & Noyes (new edition published by Benjamins 1991). Whereas Starnes & Noyes describe the history of English lexicography as an evolutionary progress-by-accumulation process, Professor Hayashi focuses on issues of method and theory, starting with John Palsgrave’s Lesclarissement de la langue francoyse (1530), to John Walker’s A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (1791). This book also includes a detailed discussion of Dr. Johnson’s influential Dictionary of the English Language (1755).

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Total Pages: 448
Release: 1869
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A Dictionary of Varieties of English

A Dictionary of Varieties of English
Author: Raymond Hickey
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0470656417

A Dictionary of Varieties of English presents a comprehensive listing of the distinctive dialects and forms of English spoken throughout the contemporary world. Provides an invaluable introduction and guide to current research trends in the field Includes definitions both for the varieties of English and regions they feature, and for terms and concepts derived from a linguistic analysis of these varieties Explores important research issues including the transportation of dialects of English, the rise of ‘New Englishes’, sociolinguistic investigations of various English-speaking locales, and the study of language contact and change. Reflects our increased awareness of global forms of English, and the advances made in the study of varieties of the language in recent decades Creates an invaluable, informative resource for students and scholars alike, spanning the rich and diverse linguistic varieties of the most widely accepted language of international communication