Joan C. Beal, "English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language"
Joan C. Beal, "English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language"
Publisher: OUP | 1999 | ISBN: 0198237812 | English | True PDF | 249 pages | 1.36 Mb
Publisher: OUP | 1999 | ISBN: 0198237812 | English | True PDF | 249 pages | 1.36 Mb
Thomas Spence's 'Grand Repository' differs from the many English pronouncing dictionaries produced in the late eighteenth century firstly in that it was intended primarily for the lower classes, and secondly in that it used a truly 'phonetic' script in the sense of one sound = one symbol. In this unique account, Joan Beal pays attention to the actual pronunciations with a view to reconstructing what was felt to be 'correct' pronunciation in eighteenth-century Britain.
`Beal's study of a largely ignored eighteenth-century pronouncing dictionary is an important contribution to the field of English historical phonology largely through the benefits of its inclusive methodology: the technique leaves no relevant evidential stone unturned and the results are consequently firmly fixed in their historical, social and linguistic framework.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`a work that contains a number of new insights into sound change at the phonetic level, and into the interrelationship between phonic details, their social conditioning and their phonological implications. / From the smaller world of Thomas Spence's life and works to the larger context of language studies then and now, this is a book that makes connections.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`careful piecing together of evidence from many sources.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`the whole of [this] final section is essential reading for any student of Early and Later Modern English pronunciation.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`a tantalising glimpse of what can happen when evidence relating to phonetic and lexical diffusion is combined.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`Beal's work has a far wider significance than its subtitle might suggest, and the book is an important work of scholarship in eighteenth-century English phonology and in the history of English phonology more generally.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`Beal has done us a great favour in drawing Spence's work to our attention, and another in regulating and evaluating its content.' Alison Wray, Journal of Sociolinguistics
`this book may be seen as a valuable addition to a rather underesearched period of the English Language' Alison Wray, Journal of Sociolinguistics
`a work that contains a number of new insights into sound change at the phonetic level, and into the interrelationship between phonic details, their social conditioning and their phonological implications. / From the smaller world of Thomas Spence's life and works to the larger context of language studies then and now, this is a book that makes connections.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`careful piecing together of evidence from many sources.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`the whole of [this] final section is essential reading for any student of Early and Later Modern English pronunciation.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`a tantalising glimpse of what can happen when evidence relating to phonetic and lexical diffusion is combined.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`Beal's work has a far wider significance than its subtitle might suggest, and the book is an important work of scholarship in eighteenth-century English phonology and in the history of English phonology more generally.' Margaret J-M Sonmez, J. Linguistics 36 (2000).
`Beal has done us a great favour in drawing Spence's work to our attention, and another in regulating and evaluating its content.' Alison Wray, Journal of Sociolinguistics
`this book may be seen as a valuable addition to a rather underesearched period of the English Language' Alison Wray, Journal of Sociolinguistics
Joan C. Beal, "English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language"
