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Phonography has the higher object of bringing into use a mode of representing
sounds by written characters , which shall be more scientific , more exact , more
easily acquired , and four or five times more rapid , than any now in general use .
Phonography has the higher object of bringing into use a mode of representing
sounds by written characters , which shall be more scientific , more exact , more
easily acquired , and four or five times more rapid , than any now in general use .
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The necessity of a reform is very apparent from an examination of our present
alphabet , as used to express the sounds of our language . “ I . Our alphabet is
inadequate ; there being thirty - eight or forty sounds , and several combinations
of ...
The necessity of a reform is very apparent from an examination of our present
alphabet , as used to express the sounds of our language . “ I . Our alphabet is
inadequate ; there being thirty - eight or forty sounds , and several combinations
of ...
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There are fourteen simple vowel - sounds , * and four diphthongs , i , oi , ou , u ; in
all eighteen , to be represented ; and there are only six vowel - signs to represent
them . They are distributed without any apparent order , or rather in defiance of ...
There are fourteen simple vowel - sounds , * and four diphthongs , i , oi , ou , u ; in
all eighteen , to be represented ; and there are only six vowel - signs to represent
them . They are distributed without any apparent order , or rather in defiance of ...
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In regard to many of the letters and combinations , a child can never learn the
sound . ... Here are nine different sounds of the a ; and a child who had mastered
them would be none the better prepared to give the sounds of a in any other word
...
In regard to many of the letters and combinations , a child can never learn the
sound . ... Here are nine different sounds of the a ; and a child who had mastered
them would be none the better prepared to give the sounds of a in any other word
...
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and on being farther drawn out , repeated these sounds in the reverse order ,
then , successively , with different lengths , the same series direct , and again
reversed . This experiment settles the order of the vowel - sounds , which had
also ...
and on being farther drawn out , repeated these sounds in the reverse order ,
then , successively , with different lengths , the same series direct , and again
reversed . This experiment settles the order of the vowel - sounds , which had
also ...
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Página 29 - Such is the state of our language,' says Sheridan, a man certainly not prejudiced against his native tongue, ' that the darkest hieroglyphics, or most difficult ciphers that the art of man has hitherto invented, were not better calculated to conceal the sentiments of those...
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Página 194 - Regents is a sufficient warrant for the prudence and good judgment which will watch over the general interests of the foundation; while the reputation of the Secretary and his assistant, the Librarian, is so well established in their respective departments, as to render any tribute from the committee entirely superfluous. All which is respectfully submitted by the committee. JAKED SPARKS. EDWAED EVERETT, (Chairman.) BENJAMIN PEIBCK. HENRY "W. LONGFELLOW. ABA GRAY. December 4th, 1847.
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Página 33 - Etymologies are at present very uncertain; but such as they are, the old books would still preserve them, and etymologists would there find them. Words in the course of time change their meanings, as well as their spelling and pronunciation, and we do not look to etymology for their present meanings. If I should call a man a knave and a villain, he would hardly be satisfied with my telling him, that one of the words originally signified only a lad or servant; and the other an under-ploughman, or...
Página 29 - It is really deplorable,' as Sir William Jones, speaking of our alphabet, says, ' that our first step from total ignorance should be into gross inaccuracy, and that we should begin our education in English with learning to read the five vowels, two of which, as we are taught to pronounce them, are clearly diphthongs.'— Works, 1st ed., Vol.
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| Título | Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volumen1 |
| Autor | American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Editor | Metcalf and Company, 1848 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 8 Ago. 2007 |
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