Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Growth of English: An Elementary Account of the Present Form of Our Language, and Its Development
This book is Obviously a book for beginners. It may serve for Secondary Schools, should some of these institutions find it convenient to include such a study of the native language as is here proposed in their curriculum; but the work is primarily intended for Training Colleges. Those who are preparing intending teachers for their profession will find that a very large part, at least, Of the Board of Education Regulations for the 'study Of the English Language is here covered.
My experience leads me to believe that it is hardly possible to state things too simply or too plainly in a work designed for beginners, and I think that the following short account of the elements Of phonetics, and of English pronunciation in particular, will be found an intelligible and useful starting-point for those who approach these subjects for the first time.
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