Year: | 1709 | |
Short description: | Dyche's "Guide to the English Tongue" | |
Medium description: | Thomas Dyche's "Guide to the English Tongue". Similar to many schoolbooks of the time, it differed in its methodical treatment of pronunciation with words group not only by number of syllables but also by the stressed syllable. Also introduced the double accent as a mark for when a word spelt with a single consonant that is pronounced twice. | |
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