English pronunciation in the eighteenth century: thomas spence's 'grand repository of the english language'
Auteur :
Beal, Joan
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198237815
Date de publication :
29 avr. 1999
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
501 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Paying particular attention to the actual pronunciations advocated by Thomas Spence and his contemporaries, this text aims to reconstruct what was felt to be "correct" pronunciation in 18th-century Britain.