1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456011003321

Autore

Beal Joan C.

Titolo

English pronunciation in the eighteenth century : Thomas Spence's Grand repository of the English language / / Joan C. Beal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Clarendon Press

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-280-44600-5

0-19-154394-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 239 p. )

Disciplina

423/.1

Soggetti

English language - Lexicography - History - 18th century

English language - 18th century - Pronunciation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Thomas Spence (1750-1814) was a native of Newcastle upon Tyne who is best known for his political writings, and more particularly for his radical 'Plan' for social reform involving common ownership of the land. One hitherto neglected aspect of Spence's Plan was his proposal to extend the benefits of reading and of 'correct' pronunciation to the lower classes by means of a phonetic script of his own devising, first set out and used in Spence's Grand Repository of the English; Language (1775).; The Grand Repository was one of many English pronouncing dictionaries produced in the late eighteenth century to satisfy the growing demands for a clear guide to 'correct' pronunciation. It differs from its contemporaries firstly in that it was intended primarily for the lower classes, and secondly in that it is the only eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionary of English to use a truly 'phonetic' script in the sense of one sound = one symbol.; In this fascinating and unique account, Beal pays particular attention to the actual pronunciations advocated by Spence and his contemporaries with a view to reconstructing what was felt to be 'correct' pronunciation in eighteenth-century Britain. With broad appeal to linguists and



historians alike, this study highlights the importance of pronouncing dictionaries as a resource for the historical phonologist, and provides a valuable addition to the limited body of knowledge on eighteenth-century; pronunciation.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910157630103321

Autore

Macieira-Coelho A

Titolo

Biology of Normal Proliferating Cells in vitro Relevance for in vivo Aging / /  A. Macieira-Coelho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : S. Karger, , 1988

ISBN

9783318037432

3318037435

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VI + 218 pages) : :   67 figures, 4 tables

Collana

Issn Series

Disciplina

362.6 s

574.87/6

Soggetti

Gerontology / Geriatrics

Biology for Physicians

Genetics

Molecular Biology

Oncology

Pathology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia