On Early English Pronunciation, With Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from On Early English Pronunciation, With Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, Vol. 3: Illustrations of the Pronunciation of the Xivth and Xvith Centuries, Chaucer, Gower, Wycliffe, Spenser, Shakspere, Salesbury, Barcley, Hart, Bullokar, Gill, Pronouncing VocabularyIn addition to the arguments there adduced to shew that the ancient sound of long t' was (it) or (ii), and not (si, ai, oi), Mr. James A. H. Murra has communicated to me some striking proofs from the Gaelic forms of English words and names, and English forms of Gaelic names, which will be given in Part IV.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.