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Preface: Franklin, a “Forgotten Phonetician”?

Joan Beal (author)

Chapter of: Benjamin Franklin, Orthoepist and Phonetician: Vol. 1: Language, Literacy and Social Mobility in Franklin’s World

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Title	Preface
Subtitle	Franklin, a “Forgotten Phonetician”?
Contributor	Joan Beal (author)
DOI	https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0470.32
Landing page	http://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0470/chapters/10.11647/obp.0470.32
License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Copyright	Joan Beal
Publisher	Open Book Publishers
Published on	2026-05-05
Print length	3 pages
Language	English (Original)
THEMA	CFF CFH CFB DNBH NHK JBCC9
BISAC	LAN009010 LAN011000 LAN009050 HIS036030 BIO006000 SOC024000
Keywords	Orthography Historical Phonology Historical Sociolinguistics Benjamin Franklin dialectology New Englishes Reformed Mode of Spelling (RMS)

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References

ABERCROMBIE, David, 1948. “Forgotten Phoneticians,” Transactions for the Philological Society, 47, 1-34.

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