Letter about Walker's pronouncing dictionary, [1827?].

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Letter about Walker's pronouncing dictionary, [1827?].

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Four leaves containing a four-page handwritten anonymous and undated letter beginning, "Sir--You request us to express our opinion, ʻHow far the pronunciation of Walker, as understood and received in this country, is the genuine pronunciation of England.ʼ" The letter discusses the Critical Pronouncing Dictionary written by John Walker (1732-1807) in the context of pronunciation in the United States and England. The letter is written in the first-person-plural and notes that the subject is one that "each of us directed his enquires, with much interest during a residence of some months in England." The letter briefly alludes to the authors of published works on phonetics including Jacob Abbot Cummings (1772-1820), George Fulton (1752-1831), and William Mitford (1744-1827).

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