English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth Century
Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language
Joan C. Beal
Table of Contents
1. Thomas Spence: His Life and Works
2. Eighteenth-Century English: The `Cinderella' of English Historical Linguistics
3. Evidence for Eighteenth-Century Pronunciation: The Value of Pronouncing Dictionaries
4. Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language
5. The Phonology of Eighteenth-Century English: Evidence from Spence's Grand Repository and Contemporary Pronouncing Dictionaries
6. Conclusion
Appendices