Francis Clement, The Petty School (1587)

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Date
1587
Author
Book title
The Petie Schole with an English Orthographie, wherin by rules lately prescribed is taught a method to enable both a childe to reade perfectly within one moneth, & also the vnperfect to write English aright. Hereto are newly added 1. verie necessary precepts & patterns of writing the Secretary & Romaine hands, 2. to number by letters, and figures, 3. to cast accomptes, &c.
Publication place
London
Publisher
Thomas Vautrollier
Text type
printed book
Genre
Grammars
Subject area
  • education
  • grammar
Summary
The treatise begins with logical definitions of language terms, including "word," "syllable," "letter," and "vowell" (pp. 11-12). Later abbreviated denominations of money are expanded in English (p. 71).
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: A Word is an absolute & perfect voice, whereby some thing is ment and signified.
Alston
IV.11
STC
5400
Facsimiles
Clement, Francis. The Petie Schole, 1587. English linguistics, 1500-1800, no. 2. Menston: Scolar Press, 1967. view record