LEADER 03502nam 2200565 450 001 9910456011003321 005 20210209200556.0 010 $a1-280-44600-5 010 $a0-19-154394-2 035 $a(CKB)2460000000006069 035 $a(MH)008002670-2 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295283 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12042299 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295283 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10313739 035 $a(PQKB)10909046 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5602796 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4963218 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4963218 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44600 035 $a(OCoLC)1027166806 035 $a(EXLCZ)992460000000006069 100 $a19981109d1999 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnglish pronunciation in the eighteenth century $eThomas Spence's Grand repository of the English language /$fJoan C. Beal 210 1$aOxford :$cClarendon Press ;$aNew York :$cOxford University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 239 p. ) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-823781-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThomas 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. 606 $aEnglish language$xLexicography$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aEnglish language$y18th century$xPronunciation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish language$xLexicography$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish language$xPronunciation. 676 $a423/.1 700 $aBeal$b Joan C.$0477454 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456011003321 996 $aEnglish pronunciation in the eighteenth century$92456850 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis 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