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  • Benjamin Franklin, Orthoepist and Phonetician

    Vol. 1: Language, Literacy and Social Mobility in Franklin’s World

    Series Libro 2 - Publications of the Philological Society
    Benjamin Franklin has been hailed as an inventor, scientist, printer, author, philosopher, diplomat, philanthropist and political activist and, especially, a founding father of the United States, but few are aware he was also a phonetician. This book offers a groundbreaking exploration of Franklin’s little-studied linguistic legacy—his Reformed Mode of Spelling (1768/1779). In this short treatise, ... Leer más

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  • Benjamin Franklin, Orthoepist and Phonetician

    Vol. 2: Colonial American Voices and London Norms: Franklin’s Quest for an Orthographic Reform

    Series Libro 3 - Publications of the Philological Society
    Benjamin Franklin has been hailed as an inventor, scientist, printer, author, philosopher, diplomat, philanthropist and political activist and, especially, a founding father of the United States, but few are aware he was also a phonetician. This volume offers a groundbreaking exploration of Franklin’s little-studied linguistic legacy—his Reformed Mode of Spelling (1768/1779). In this short ... Leer más

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  • Dictionaries

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    On Standard English, Its Speakers, and Others in the Long Eighteenth Century

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