Alphabet — — —
Definition of voivels and consonantsAnalogical tabic of the vowels — —
Diphthongs and triphthongs enumerated —Consonants distinguished into classes —Analogical table of the consonants — —
Organic formation of the letters — —
Of the quantity and quality of the vowels —
Of the influence of accent on the sounds ofthe letters — — — — —
The letter A and its different sounds —
The letter E and its di fferent sounds —
The letter I and its different sounds —
The letter O and its different sounds —
The letter U and its different sounds —*
The vowel Y and its diff erent sounds —
The vowel W and its different sounds —
Of the diphthongs called, semi-consonants
Of the diphthongs AE, Al, AO, and all therest in their alphabetical order —
Of the sounds of the consonants — —
B, when mute — — — — —
C, its different sounds — — — —
D, its different sounds — — — —
Improperly changed into T. Dr. Lowth’s
opinion of this change in certain verbs,considered, and corrected — —
F, its different sounds — — — —
(3, its different sounds — — —
G always mute before N in the same syllableat the end of a word, exemplified in thetvorris impugn, oppugn, propugn, expugn,impregn, $.c. with the authorities of themost respectable ortho'fpists — —•
H, token sounded, and when mute — —
J, its uniform sound — — — —
K, when sounded, and when mute —
L, when sounded, and when mute — —
M, when sounded, and when mute — —
N, when it has its naso-guttural sound —
When it has Us ringing sound in the par-
ticipial termination ing — — —
P, when sounded, and when mute — —
PH, its uniform sound — — — —
Q, its different sounds , when combined with u
ft, when its sound is transposed — —
When it is to be pronounced rough , andwhen smooth — — — —
to different sounds — — — •—
it is to be pronounced like z —"fcen it ts to be pronounced like sh and zh 43Mr. Sheridan*s errour in this point detected 451 } its different sounds — — — — 45
How it slides into sh m the numerous ter•fninution lion — ■— — — it
Why it slides into this sound before u, pre-ceded by the accent — ~ — 46
Jfr, Sheridan*s errour in this point detected 461 to different sounds — — — 46
When the h is silent in this combination 47*»when silent — — _ _ — 47
Xi to uniform sound — — — — 47
lit when silent, and when founded — 474, 47
A is exactly similar to ks, and liable to the
alterations of sound — — 41
Y J Sheridan’s errour in this point detected 48Y. 4*JZS on30nan *' anei different sounds 48improperly resolved by Dr. Johnson into sU,J#Lr \ true na ™ Izaacd — — 4g
*** different sounds — _ — — ao
No. 1
5
16
17
18Sl>3162
69
72
93
105
lfll
171
160
189
196
199
347ib.
348356
394
OF THE NATURE OF ACCENT.
The only true definition of accent — No. 488The diff erent position of the English accent *189Accent on dissyllables — — — —• 491
Dissyllable nouns and verbs differently ac-cented — — — — — — 492
Accent on trisyllables — — — — 501
Partial dependence of the English accent on
that oj the Greek and Latin — — 533
Accent on polysyllables — — — 504
EnclUical uccent exemplified in the termina-tion logy, gi'aphy, ftc. — — 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 accentexemplified in the uncertainty and incon-sistency of Mr. Sheridan and Dr. Kenrickin their division of words into syllables 530
ON SYLLABICATION.
Syllabication different according to the dif-ferent ends to be attained by it — 538
Syllabication exhibiting the sound of a word,depending, in some measure, on the natureof the letters prior to actual pronuncia-tion — — — — — — 54s
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 derivedfrom the Latin and Greek — — 544
The only possible case in which we can arguefrom the Latin quantity to the English ib.Dissyllables from the Saxon and French lan-guages enumerated — — — — ib.
Causes of the prevalence of shortening thefirst syllable of dissyllables from theselanguages — — — — — ib.
Of the quantity of unaccented syllables end-ing with a vowel — — — — 547
Uncertainty and inconsistency of Dr- Kenrickin his notation of the quantity of thesevowels — — — — — — ib.
Uncertainty and inconsistency of Mr. Sheri-dan and Dr. Kenrick in marking thequantity of these vowels — — — 551
Exception to the general rule of pronouncing
these syllables when e is followed by r 553Uncertainty of our best orthoepists in theirsyllabication of such words, exemplifiedby a list from Sheridan, Kenrick, Scott,and Perry — — — —
Peculiar delicacy of the sound of these sylla-bles — — — — — 555
Tendency of o before r to go into the sameobscurity as e, exemplified in the diver-sity and inconsistency of our best orthoi-pists in marking these syllables —- 557
Table of the simple and diphthongal vowels,referred to as a key to the figures overthe letters in the Dictionary — —550