A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language, in which, not only the meaning of every word is clearly explained, and the sound of every syllable distinctly shown, but, where words are subject to different pronunciations, the authorities of our best pronouncing dictionaries, are fully exhibited. To which are prefixed, principles of English Pronunciation.

WALKER, John.

Edité par Thomas Tegg. 1828, 1828

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Uncut in orig. marbled paper boards; rebacked in blue pebble-grained cloth; marbled paper faded & worn. A nice clean copy. See Alston 336, vol. V. John Walker, 1732-1807, enjoyed an eclectic career as an actor, philologist, and lexicographer. Married to the comic actress Miss Myners, Walker earned some success on the stage working under Garrick in Drury Lane and later at the Covent Garden Theatre. On leaving the stage, Walker took up teaching and began lecturing on elocution, a role that drew the patronage and friendship of Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke. The ODNB notes that 'he was generally held in the highest esteem in consequence of his philological attainments. but according to Madame d'Arblay, "though modest in science, he was vulgar in conversation".' First published in 1791, Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary was the standard work on English Orthoepy for almost a century. It was published in over 100 editions up until 1904 not withstanding the derivative publications it spawned. (O'Neill, p.364.).

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• Titre: A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language, in which, not only the meaning of every word is clearly explained, and the sound of every syllable distinctly shown, but, where words are subject to different pronunciations, the authorities of our best pronouncing dictionaries, are fully exhibited. To which are prefixed, principles of English Pronunciation.
• Éditeur: Thomas Tegg. 1828
• Date de parution: 1828
• Reliure: Couverture rigide