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Year:
1669
Short description:
Holder's 'Elements of speech' published
Medium description:
William Holder's 'Elements of Speech' published. It was the text of a discourse given to the Royal Society.
Tags:
history of linguistics
in Britain
pronunciation
Knowles, G. (1979). A Cultural History of The English Language. London: Arnold [p.108]
Robins R. H. (1997). A Short History of Linguistics 4th ed. Harlow: Longman [p.136]