An edition of On early English pronunciation (1869)

On early English pronunciation

with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types. Including a rearrangement of Prof. F.J. Child's memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and reprints of the rare tracts by Salesburv on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barclay on French, 1521.

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An edition of On early English pronunciation (1869)

On early English pronunciation

with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types. Including a rearrangement of Prof. F.J. Child's memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and reprints of the rare tracts by Salesburv on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barclay on French, 1521.

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Pub. for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society, by Trübner & Co.
Language
English

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Subjects

Dialects, English language, Historical Phonology, Language, Phonetic alphabet, Phonetics, Phonology, Pronunciation

People

Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Places

Great Britain

Times

Early modern, 1500-1700, Middle English, 1100-1500

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Cover of: On early English pronunciation
On early English pronunciation: with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types. Including a rearrangement of Prof. F.J. Child's memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and reprints of the rare tracts by Salesburv on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barclay on French, 1521.
1869, Pub. for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society, by Trübner & Co.
in English
Cover of: On early English pronunciation
On early English pronunciation: with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
1869, Published for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society by Trübner & Co.
in English
Cover of: On early English pronunciation
On early English pronunciation: with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
1869, Published for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society by Trübner & Co.
in English
Cover of: On early English pronunciation
On early English pronunciation: with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
1869, Published for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society by Trübner & Co.
in English
Cover of: On early English pronunciation
On early English pronunciation: with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day ...
1869, Published for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society by Trübner & Co.
in English

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Edition Notes

Titles of v. 4 and 5 differ slightly. Vol. 5 has imprint: London, Pub. for the Philological Society, the Early English Text Society, and the Chaucer Society, by Trübner & Co., 1889.

Issued jointly by the Philological Society, the Early English Text Society, and the Chaucer Society; appearing as no. 1, 4-5, 1, 25 in 2d series of the publications of the Chaucer Society, no. 2, 7, 14, 23, 56, in extra series of the publications of the Early English Text Society and without number in the Philological Society publications.

An abridgement of the 5th part was published by the English Dialect Society, 1899, in v. 24 under title: "English dialects, their sounds and homes."

Issued in boards.

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London
Series
Chaucer Society. [Publications] Second series. 1, 4, 5, 11, 25, Early English Text Society (Series) -- 2, 7, 14, 23, 56.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR1901 .A3 2d ser. vol. 1, 4, 5, 11, 25

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Pagination
5 v.

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OL15048793M
Internet Archive
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LCCN
11011837

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