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Report of a Joint Committee Representing the National Educational Association, the American Philological Association, and the Modern Language Association of America, on the Subject of a Phonetic English Alphabet

Report of a Joint Committee Representing the National Educational Association, the American Philological Association, and the Modern Language Association of America, on the Subject of a Phonetic English Alphabet


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904. Excerpt: ... REPORT OF A JOINT COMMITTEE ON A PHONETIC ENGLISH ALPHABET I The Appointment Of The Committee The committee whose report is here submitted was appointed under a resolution adopted at a joint conference of scholars and teachers held in Boston on the 9th of July, 1903. The conference had been called on the initiative of the National Educational Association and comprised representatives of that body, and also of the American Philological Association and the Modern Language Association of America, the delegates having been appointed by the presidents of these several societies. The object of the conference was to agree upon and promote the general adoption of the best set of alphabetic symbols to be used in dictionaries and text-books for the accurate denotation of the sounds heard in English speech. Professor Calvin Thomas, of Columbia University, was chosen chairman of the meeting. After a prolonged informal discussion, which turned (1) upon the educational importance of providing a single good alphabet to take the place of the many conflicting, and in some cases objectionable, systems now in use; (2) upon the general principles that should govern the choice of symbols, and (3) upon the practical difficulties to be overcome, a resolution was passed, directing the chairman to appoint a committee of five which should prepare a report to be submitted to the joint conference at a future meeting. A further resolution was adopted, declaring it the sense of the conferees that the committee to be appointed should take as the basis of its proposal the phonetic alphabet recommended in 1877 by the American Philological Association. Under this authorization the chairman, who was by vote made 3 168714 ex officio a member of the committee, subsequently appointed the foll...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781154463828
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 18
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1154463826
  • Publisher Date: 03 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 54 gr


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