The sounds of the vowels, marked or referred to in the second and third Dissertations, are according to the Key in the First Part of the Institute. Thus:
| a | e | i | o | u | y | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First sound, | late, | feet, | night, | note, | tune, | sky, |
| Second, | hat, | let, | tin, | tun, | glory, | |
| Third, | law, | fraud, | ||||
| Fourth, | ask, | father, | ||||
| Fifth, | not, | what, | ||||
| Sixth, | prove, | room, |
The capitals, included in brackets [] in the text, are references to the Notes at the end.
[DISSERTATIONS]
ON THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, &c.
[DISSERTATION I.]
I. Introduction.—II. History of the English Language.—III. Remarks.
