William Colson, The First Part of the French Grammar (1620)

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Date
1620
Author
Book title
The First Part of the French Grammar, Artificially reduced into Tables, by Arte locall, called the Arte of Memorie. Contayning (after an extraordinary and most easie method) the Pronounciation and Orthographie of the French tongue according to the new manner of writing, without changing the originall or old, for the understanding of both, by a Reformed Alphabet of 26. Letters, and by a Triple distinction of Characters (Roman, Italian, and English) representing vnto the eye, three sorts of pronunciations, distinguished by them Proper, signified by a Roman character; Improper, noted by an Italian; and Superfluous marked by an English: as in these words, temps, compter, fault, escripvant &c. And as most amply is declared in the explication of the aforesaid Reformed Alphabet, and letters in it otherwise ordered, and named then heretofore, and two, otherwise shaped, as i. and a. (named jé. and vé.) for j. and v. consonants, &c. In which is taught, the vniversall knowledge of the foure materiall parts of Grammar, (1. Letter. 2. Sillable. 3. Diction. 4. Locution) for the better vnderstanting of the rules of the triple pronunciation aforesaid. Also the Artificiall and generall declination terminatiue of Nounes and Verbes
Publication place
London
Printer
W. Stansby
Publisher
John Parker
Text type
printed book
Genre
Bilingual and polyglot dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies
Subject area
  • French
  • grammar
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: THe Letter is the least part of Locution, compounded of many dictions, as the diction of syllables, and the syllable of letters.
In euery Letter many things are to be considered, but most generally and chiefely three, to wit, the Voice or Sound, the Denomination or Name, the Character of Forme, to which may be added Order locvll. (b1r)
Alston
XII.87
STC
5583