A CRITICAL

PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY,

AND EXPOSITOR OF

IN WHICF

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,

THE REASONS POR EACH ARE AT LARGE DISPLAYED, AND THEPREFERABLE PRONUNCIATION IS POINTED OUT.

TO WHICH ARB PREFIXED,

PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION:

IN WHICH THE SOUNDS OF LETTERS, SYLLABLES AND WORDS, ARE CRITICALLY INVESTIGATEDAND SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED j

, The influence of the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity, on the Accent and Quantity of the English ,is thoroughly examined, and clearly defined ; and the Analogies of the Language are sofully shown as to lay the Foundation of a Consistent and Rational Pronunciation.

LIKEWISE,

RULES TO BE OBSERVED BY THE NATIVES OF SCOTLAND , IRELAND , AND LONDON ,FOR AVOIDING THEIR RESPECTIVE PECULIARITIES;

And Directions to Foreigners, for acquiring a knowledge of the use of this Dictionary,

THE WHOLE INTERSPERSED WITH

-\ETYMOLOGICAL, CRITICAL. AND GRAMMATICAL,

i" /BY JOHN WALKER ,

foments of Elocution. Rhyming Dictionary, &c. &c.

* Quare, si fieri potest, et verba omnia, et vox, hujus alumnum urbia oteant; ut oratio Romans plana videator,

non civitate donata.”

ILontfon

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1824 .