William Salesbury, A Brief and a Plain Introduction, Teachyng how to Pronounce the Letters in the British Tongue (1550)
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Date
1550
Author
William Salesbury Note: 13/10/2005
Book title
A briefe and a playne introduction, teachyng how to pronounce the letters in the British tong
Publication place
London
Printer
Richard Grafton
Publisher
Roberte Crowley
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
- pronunciation
- Welsh
Summary
Treatise that refers to his Welsh-English dictionary and explains how to pronounce the letters in the Welsh language by reference to English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: But ye shall fynde in olde wrytten Englyshe bokes, a letter hauyng the figure of a Romayne y. that youre auncesters called dhorn, whych was of one efficacie wyth the walsh dd. (b3r)
sample: But ye shall fynde in olde wrytten Englyshe bokes, a letter hauyng the figure of a Romayne y. that youre auncesters called dhorn, whych was of one efficacie wyth the walsh dd. (b3r)
Alston
IV.2-2a
STC
21614
Catalog
Black, William Henry. A Descriptive, Analytical, and Critical Catalogue of the Manuscripts bequeathed unto the University of Oxford by Elias Ashmole. Oxonii: Clarendoniano, 1845. 608. Letters A-T only extracted from the printed edition: MS 847, no. 1, fols. 1-5v view record
Rees, Eilund, ed. Libri Walliae: A Catalogue of Welsh Books and Books Printed in Wales 1546-1820. 2 vols. . Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1987. 4559. view record
Rees, Eilund, ed. Libri Walliae: A Catalogue of Welsh Books and Books Printed in Wales 1546-1820. 2 vols. . Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 1987. 4559. view record
Other editions
1567: STC 21,615
Facsimiles
Salesbury, William. A Brief and Plain Introduction, 1550. English linguistics 1500-1800, no. 179. Menston: Scolar Press, 1969. view record
Modern editions
Ellis, Alexander John, ed. On Early English Pronunciation. Early English Text Society Extra Series 2, 7, 14, 23, 56. 5 vols. London: Trübner, 1869-89. III: 743-94.. view record
Criticisms
Williams, Glanmor. "The Achievement of William Salesbury." Welsh Reformation Essays. Cardiff: n.p., 1967. view record
Gruffydd, R. Geraint, ed. Guide to Welsh Literature c. 1530-1700. Vol. III. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, n.d. 137. view record
James, Christine. "Ban wedy i dynny: Medieval Welsh Law and Early Protestant Propaganda." Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 27 (1994 Summer): 61-86. view record
Gruffydd, R. Geraint, ed. Guide to Welsh Literature c. 1530-1700. Vol. III. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, n.d. 137. view record
James, Christine. "Ban wedy i dynny: Medieval Welsh Law and Early Protestant Propaganda." Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies 27 (1994 Summer): 61-86. view record
