Read Ebook: Dissertations on the English Language with Notes Historical and Critical; to Which is Added by Way of Appendix an Essay on a Reformed Mode of Spelling With Dr. Franklin's Arguments on that Subject by Webster Noah

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INTRODUCTION, 17

Advantages of national uniformity in language, 19

The English language the parent of the American, 21

Absurdity of copying the changes of language in Great Britain, 24

The only good principles on which any permanent uniformity can be established, 27

English writers who are the best models of stile, 31

Writers who have corrupted stile, 32

History of the English Language, 40

Of the ancient Celtic, 41

Of the Armoric, 48

Of the old Irish, 49

Of the Teutonic or Gothic, 53

Of the Norman French, 56

Of the language in Chaucer's time, 59

Remarks, 61

Of the Saxon origin of the English tongue, 61

Of the poverty and copiousness of languages, 63-64

Of the difference in the French and English manner of speaking, 67

Of the irregular orthography of the English language, 70

Elements of the language unfolded, 81

Rules of pronunciation, 91

Of accent, 95

Differences of pronunciation and controverted points examined, 103

How the manner of speaking may be affected by the laws of property, &c. 106

Examination of controverted points, continued, 131

Of modern corruptions in the English pronunciation, 146

Remarks on the formation of language, 181

A sketch of Mr. Horne Tooke's new and ingenious explanation of the particles, 186

Examination of particular phrases, 201

Noun, 201

Verb, 222

Mode, 231

Number and person, 232

Auxiliaries, 234

Criticisms on the use of what is called the future tense, 236

Of the participial noun, 279

Particles, 284

State of the language in America, 287

Of the construction of English verse, 291

Pauses, 299

Expression, 305

Of reading verse, 310

NOTES, HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL.

Etymological reasons for supposing the European languages to be descended from one common stock, 313-350

Other arguments, 350-353

The affinity between the ancient Irish language and the Punic, 353

Reasons for supposing the Irish to be derived from the Phenician or Hebrew, 354

Specimen and state of the English Language in the reign of Richard II, 357

Strictures on the stile of Sir William Temple, 364

An Essay on the necessity, advantages and practicability of reforming the mode of spelling, 391

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