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UNINA9910824820303321 |
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Autore |
Beal Joan C. |
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Titolo |
English pronunciation in the eighteenth century : Thomas Spence's Grand repository of the English language / / Joan C. Beal [[electronic resource]] |
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Oxford : , : Clarendon, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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1-383-01257-1 |
1-280-44600-5 |
0-19-154394-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 239 p. ) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - 18th century - Pronunciation |
English language - 18th century - Lexicography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1999. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Paying particular attention to the actual pronunciations advocated by Thomas Spence and his contemporaries, this text aims to reconstruct what was felt to be "correct" pronunciation in 18th-century Britain. |
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