03502nam 2200565 450 991045601100332120210209200556.01-280-44600-50-19-154394-2(CKB)2460000000006069(MH)008002670-2(SSID)ssj0000295283(PQKBManifestationID)12042299(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295283(PQKBWorkID)10313739(PQKB)10909046(MiAaPQ)EBC5602796(MiAaPQ)EBC4963218(Au-PeEL)EBL4963218(CaONFJC)MIL44600(OCoLC)1027166806(EXLCZ)99246000000000606919981109d1999 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrEnglish pronunciation in the eighteenth century Thomas Spence's Grand repository of the English language /Joan C. BealOxford :Clarendon Press ;New York :Oxford University Press,1999.1 online resource (ix, 239 p. )Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-823781-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.English languageLexicographyHistory18th centuryEnglish language18th centuryPronunciationElectronic books.English languageLexicographyHistoryEnglish languagePronunciation.423/.1Beal Joan C.477454MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456011003321English pronunciation in the eighteenth century2456850UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress