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, 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 Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521. /
By Alexander J. Ellis ... 5 pt.

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Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890

Related Names

Child, Francis James, 1825-1896.
Winkler, Johan, 1840-1916.
Bonaparte, Louis-Lucien, prince, 1813-1891.
Barclay, Alexander, 1475?-1552
Schmeller, Johann Andreas, 1785-1852.
Salesbury, William, 1520?-1600?

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English

Published

London etc., 1869-

Subjects

Chaucer, Geoffrey, > Chaucer, Geoffrey, / -1400 > Chaucer, Geoffrey, / -1400 / Language.
Shakespeare, William, > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616 > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616 / Language.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > Chaucer, Geoffrey, / -1400
Shakespeare, William, > Shakespeare, William, / 1564-1616

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