| Alphabet |
No. 1
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| Definition of vowels and consonants |
5
|
| Analogical table of the vowels |
16
|
| Diphthongs and triphthongs enumerated |
17
|
| Consonants distinguished into classes |
18
|
| Analogical table of the consonants |
29
|
| Organic formation of the letters |
31
|
| Of the quantity and quality of the vowels |
62
|
| Of the influence of accent on the sounds of the letters |
69
|
| The letter A and its different sounds |
72
|
| The letter E and its different sounds |
93
|
| The letter I and its different sounds |
105
|
| The letter O and its different sounds |
161
|
| The letter U and its different sounds |
171
|
| The letter Y and its different sounds |
180
|
| The letter W and its different sounds |
189
|
| Of the diphthongs called semi-consonants |
196
|
| Of the diphthongs AE, AI, AO, and all the rest in their alphabetical order |
199
|
| Of the sounds of the consonants |
347
|
| B, when mute |
ibid
|
| C, its different sounds |
348
|
| D, its different sounds |
358
|
| Improperly changed into T. Dr. Lowth's opinion of this change in certain verbs, considered, and corrected |
169
|
| F, its different sounds |
377
|
| G, its different sounds |
377
|
| G, always mute before N in the same syllable at the end of a word, exemplified in the words impugn, oppugn, propugn, expugn, impregn, etc. with the authorities of the most respectable orthöepists |
386
|
| H, when sounded, and when mute |
394
|
| J, its uniform sound |
398
|
| K, when sounded, and when mute |
699
|
| L, when sounded, and when mute |
401
|
| M, when sounded, and when mute |
407
|
| N, when it has its naso-guttural sound |
408
|
| When it has its ringing sound in the participial termination ing |
410
|
| P, when sounded, and when mute |
412
|
| PH, its uniform sound |
ibid
|
| Q, its different sounds, when combined with u |
414
|
| R, when its sound is transposed |
416
|
| When it is to be pronounced rough, and when smooth |
419
|
| S, its different sounds |
ibid
|
| When it is to be pronounced like z |
432
|
| When it is to be pronounced like sh and zh |
430
|
| Mr. Sheridan's error in this point detected |
454
|
| T, its different sounds |
459
|
| How it slides into sh in the numerous termination tion |
ibid
|
| Why it slides into this sound before u, preceded by the accent |
461
|
| Mr. Sheridan's error in this point detected |
462
|
| TH, its different sounds |
465
|
| When the h is silent in this combination |
471
|
| T, when silent |
472
|
| V, its uniform sound |
473
|
| W, when silent, and when sounded |
474, 475
|
| X, is exactly similar to ks, and liable to the same alterations of sound |
479
|
| Mr. Sheridan's error in this point detected |
480
|
| Y as a consonant, and its different sounds |
482
|
| Z, improperly resolved by Dr. Johnson into s hard. Its true name Izzard |
No. 483
|
| Its different sounds |
484
|
| Of the Nature of Accent.
|
| The only true definition of accent |
488
|
| The different position of the English accent |
489
|
| Accent on dissyllables |
491
|
| Dissyllable nouns and verbs differently accented |
492
|
| Accent on trisyllables |
501
|
| Partial dependance of the English accent on that of the Greek and Latin |
533
|
| Accent on Polysyllables |
504
|
| Enclitical accent exemplified in the termination logy, graphy, etc. |
513, 518
|
| The tendency of compounds to contract the sound of the simple |
515
|
| Secondary accent |
522
|
| The shortening power of this accent |
527
|
| On Quantity.
|
| The shortening power of the secondary accent exemplified in the uncertainty and inconsistency of Mr. Sheridan and Dr. Kenrick in their division of words into syllables |
530
|
| On Syllabication.
|
| Syllabication different according to the different ends to be attained by it |
538
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| Syllabication exhibiting the sound of a word, depending, in some measure, on the nature of the letters prior to actual pronunciation |
542
|
| The almost total independence of the English quantity on that of the Greek and Latin, exemplified by an enumeration of most of the dissyllables in our language derived from the Latin and Greek |
544
|
| The only possible case in which we can argue from the Latin quantity to the English |
ibid
|
| Dissyllables from the Saxon and French languages enumerated |
ibid
|
| Causes of the prevalence of shortening the first syllable of dissyllables from these languages |
ibid
|
| Of the quantity of unaccented syllables ending with a vowel |
547
|
| Uncertainty and inconsistency of Dr. Kenrick in his notation of the quantity of these vowels |
ibid
|
| Uncertainty and inconsistency of Mr. Sheridan an Dr. Kenrick in marking the quantity of these vowels |
551
|
| Exception to the general rule of pronouncing these syllables when e is followed by r |
558
|
| Uncertainty of our best orthöepists in their syllabication of such words, exemplified by a list from Sheridan, Kendrick, Scott, and Perry |
554
|
| Peculiar delicacy of the sound of these syllables |
555
|
| Tendency of o before r to go into the same obscurity as e, exemplified in the diversity and inconsistency of our best orthöepists in marking these syllables |
557
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| Table of the simple and diphthongal vowels, referred to as a key to the figures over the letters in the Dictionary |
559
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