A New Guide to the English Tongue (1793)Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978 - 156 pages |
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... accent " are dealt with . What is called " accent " here is what we would call " stress " today , the stressed syllable of a word . Selections from the Psalms are used between the tables of words to illustrate the place of the " accent ...
... accent " are dealt with . What is called " accent " here is what we would call " stress " today , the stressed syllable of a word . Selections from the Psalms are used between the tables of words to illustrate the place of the " accent ...
Page 98
... Accent . Q. What is an Accent ? A. A Tone or Accent denoteth the rifing or falling of the Voice on a Syllable , according to the Quantity thereof Q. How many Accents are there ? A. There are three Accents : the Long ( " ) or ( " ) the ...
... Accent . Q. What is an Accent ? A. A Tone or Accent denoteth the rifing or falling of the Voice on a Syllable , according to the Quantity thereof Q. How many Accents are there ? A. There are three Accents : the Long ( " ) or ( " ) the ...
Page 99
... Accent ? A. It hath no regard to the grammatical Quantity of a llable ; but being placed over a Vowel , denotes the ... Accent of Words of more than one Syllable which though Spelt alike , have different Significations , and the Accent ...
... Accent ? A. It hath no regard to the grammatical Quantity of a llable ; but being placed over a Vowel , denotes the ... Accent of Words of more than one Syllable which though Spelt alike , have different Significations , and the Accent ...
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Accent Adjectives Adverb alfo alſo American becauſe Book Cafe caft Church confifling of Words confifting Confonants Conjunction David Abercrombie Defire denotes Dilworth's Diphthong Divifion doth eafy Leffons edition educated hereafter English language English Tongue FABLE fame fave fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fing firft following Words fome fometimes foregoing Tables fuch Give an Example hath Heart himſelf Hugh Jones IMPERATIVE MOOD Jefus juft laft LESSON LESSON VI Lord Mind moft muft muſt Noah Webster Note Nouns Number Optative Mood Paffive paft Perfon Plur Plural Potential Mood praiſe Prefent Tenfe Prepofition Preter Preterperfect Tenfe Preterpluperfect Tenfe Pronoun puniſh rain Rule Second Future Tenfe Senfe Sentence ſhall Sing Singular ſpeaketh Subftantive Subjunctive Mood Syllable Tenſe thee thefe theſe Thing thofe Thomas Dilworth thoſe thou Truft unto uſed Verb Verfe Vowel wanting Wicked wife Words not exceeding