On early English pronunciation, with especial 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 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 /
by Alexander J. Ellis.
Description
- Related Names
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Winkler, Johan, 1840-1916.
Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien, prince, 1813-1891.
Barclay, Alexander, 1475?-1552.
Schmeller, Johann Andreas, 1785-1852.
Salesbury, William, 1520?-1600?
Child, Francis James, 1825-1896.
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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London : Published for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society, by Trübner & Co., 1869-89.
- Subjects
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Chaucer, Geoffrey,
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, /
-1400.
Shakespeare, William,
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Shakespeare, William, /
1564-1616.
English language
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English language /
Dialects
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English language / Dialects /
Phonology.
Phonetic alphabet.
English language
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English language /
Early modern, 1500-1700.
English language
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English language /
Middle English, 1100-1500.
English language
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English language /
Pronunciation.
English language
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English language /
Phonology.
- Note
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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 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.
- Physical Description
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5 v. :
folded maps ;
23 cm.
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