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oup-usa.org>Title: English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century Subtitle: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language Publication Year: 2002 Publisher: Oxford University Press http://www.oup-usa.org/ Book URL: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0199256675.html Author: Joan C. Beal, University of Newcastle upon Tyne Paperback: ISBN: 0199256675, Pages: 256 pp., Price: $29.95 Abstract: 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. Lingfield(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): English (Language code: ENG) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue