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CONTENTS.


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Historical Introduction (for arrangements see commencement) 1
Pronunciation General characteristics 93
'Visible Speech' Alphabet 99
Vowels 103
Diphthongs 113
Consonants 118
Unaccented Syllables and Terminations 132
Scotch pronunciation of English 139
Phonetic relation between Modern Scotch and Anglo-Saxon
140
and English 144
Grammar Nouns 150
Adjectives 166
Pronouns 187
Verbs 199
Adverbs 226
Prepositions 228
Conjunctions 230
Interjections 230
Appendix Present limits of the Gaelic 231
Dialects of Lowland Scotch 237
Specimens 240
Index of Subjects and Words specially referred to 249