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 \nA COLLECTIOX OF QCOTATIOX8 AXD PlifASESFROM THELATIX,FIEXCI,ITALIAX,AXD SPAXISI LASGUAGES;  \nACHEOXOLOGICAL TADLE OF REMAREABLE EVESTS;AXD A LISTOF MEXOF GESICs ANDLEARXISG  \nSeucntη-fourty chousan.  \nEDINBURGH:ULIVER &BOYD,TIVEEDDALE COURT.  \n             \nENTERED IX STATIOXEItS³HALL.  \nPrinted by Oliver &Boyd,Tweeddale Court,High street,Edinburgh.  \n# —-\n\nPREFACE.  \nIs offering to the public tl:is MINIATURE EDITIOX oF DRJoHssox's DicT10XAtY,the Editor takes it for granted,thatthe utility of such a work is universally admitted;and he con-siders the wide circulation of former publications of the same kind,as holding out an encouraging prospect of the general patronagethat would be given to a well-directed effort to remedy the imper-fections with which they have been charged.It has been his car-nest endeavour to perform that service for the benefit of nationaleducation;and to supply,at a small expense,a faithful guide tothose who are desirous of speaking and writing the English lan-guage with precision.  \nHe has,accordingly,bestowed great care on the subject of ac-centuation;and is not without hope that,in this respect,the workwill be found superior to all that have preceded it.—“Accent inthe English language,\"says Sheridan,\"means a certain stress of thevoice upon a particular letter of a syllable,which distinguishes it fromthe rest,and,at the same time,distinguishes the syllable itself towhich it belongs from the others which compose the word.Thus,in the word habit,the accent upon the b distinguishes that letterfron the others,and the first syllable from the last.In the wordrepa'te,the zu is the distinguished letter,and the syllable which con-tains it the distinguished syllable:but in the word rep'utable,the seatof the accent is changed to the first syllable,and p becomes the dis-tinguished letter.The great distinction of our accent depends upo1its seat,which may be either upon a vowel or a consonant.Upona vowel,as in the words glo'ry,Jji'ther,lad'ly.Upon a consonant,as in the words hub'it,bat tle,bor'row.When the accent is on thevowel,the syllable is long;becausc the accent is made by dwell-ing upon the vowel.When it is on the consonant,the syllable isshort;because the accent is made by passing rapidly over the vowel,and giving a snart stroke of the voice to the following consonant.\"The seat of the accent,thus illustrated by Sheridan,has alone proveda more certain guide to pronunciation,than ell that had beenwritten on the subject by the most eninent of his predecessors;and therefore it has been more accurately applied in this editionof Jossox's DicTIONARY IN MXIATURE,than in any thathas yet been offered to the public;the accentual mark being al-ways placed after the vowel when the syllable is long,ard afterthe following consonant when the s-llable is slort.Thus,La'tent,lat'in—e′pact,ep'ic—f'nal,fin'ish—orul,mor'al—pu'ay,pn'isl一remi'nd,prcten'd,exhibit,alternately,an accented vowel and con-sonant,or an accented long and short syllable.  \n)  \na       …Adjective…       …Snbstantlvepron    …Pronoun…       …Verbad…     …Adverb  \nThe Editor has exercised equnl diligence in selecting,from theLexicographcrs who succceded Dr Johnson,such words as werethought worthy of being admitted into a general repository of th:English language.  \nIn addition to these improvements,he has availed himself of thelabours of Lempriere and Walker,in making up the Vocabulariesof Classical und Scriptzral Proper Names,as well as the ConciseAccount of the Heathen Deities.He trusts that these will be foundcorrect in point of accentuation,and so simple as to be easily un-derstood by the learner.  \nGE","cbCaicqpFWsOiML2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicqpFWsOiML2","pdf",22526902,334,"English","# Preface\n## Accentuation and the placement of accentual marks\n# Note by the Publishers\n## Added quotations, events table, and list of learned men\n# Abbreviations in the Dictionary","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of this miniature edition?\",\"answer\":\"It aims to provide a small, faithful guide for learners who want to speak and write English with precision, especially by improving pronunciation through correct accentuation.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the preface define accentuation in English?\",\"answer\":\"It describes accent as stress of the voice on a particular letter of a syllable, distinguishing both the letter and the syllable within the word, following Sheridan’s explanation.\"},{\"question\":\"What method does the editor use for indicating long and short syllables?\",\"answer\":\"The accentual mark is placed after the vowel when the syllable is long, and after the following consonant when the syllable is short.\"}]","JOHNSON'SDICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE - Preface - Accentuation and Pronunciation Guide | PDF",1791299476,514]