A CRITICAL

PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY,

AND EXPOSITOR OF

The English Language,

IN WHICH

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 FOR EACH ARE AT LARGE DISPLAYED, AND THE
PREFERABLE PRONUNCIATION IS POINTED OUT.

ORIZIA

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

BIBLIOTE

PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION:

IN WHICH THE SOUNDS OF LETTERS, SYLLABLES AND WORDS, ARE CRITICALLY INVESTITE
AND SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED;

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 so
fully 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

OBSERVATIONS, ETYMOLOGICAL, CRITICAL, AND GRAMMATICAL,

BY JOHN WALKER,

Author of Elements of Elocution. Rhyming Dictionary, &c. &c.

SCA

GORITHAS

“Quare, si deri potest, et verba omnia, et vox, hujus alumnum urbis oleant; ut oratio Romana plane videatur,
non civitate donata."

Quintilian,

London

PRINTED FOR J. RICHARDSON AND CO.; G. OFFER; J. SHARPE; ROBINSON AND CO.;

T. TEGG; J. AND C. EVANS; J. JONES; AND J. JOHNSON:

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1823.

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