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About: Although the study of phonetics numbers more disciples in England than Dr Sweet seems to think he stands so indisputably above all other phonetists in this country that it would be almost presumptuous to comment on the great learning and accurate observation which have been lavished upon this book Still as Dr Sweet has definitely stated the object of his work we are bound to ask ourselves how far his intentions have been fulfilled This book is intended to supply the double want of a new edition of my Handbook of Phonetics and of a concise introduction to phonetics with especial reference to English Such are the words with which Dr Sweet begins his preface We should rather have called it an attempt to construct a practical phonetic alphabet with examples of its application to English c For this purpose Dr Sweet takes Bell s system as the groundwork and hence forms a number of more or less conventionalized symbols to which are added diacritics quant suff Six pages are devoted to Introduction which combines hints to beginners with a justification of the spelling reformers then follow 34 pages of Analysis in which the symbols are assigned to their respective sounds and thirteen sets of diacritics given by which they may be modified The next 30 pages are taken up with Synthesis in which the elaborate and difficult subject of glides is treated and seven fresh sets of diacritics are introduced Then 40 pages give the special sound systems of English French German Latin and Greek with illustrative passages and the book ends with a table of symbols On comparing this volume with the Handbook of Phonetics a great improvement must be recognized the notation which was there employed was unsatisfactory and many serious if not very obvious mistakes were admitted Most of the latter have disappeared and the new notation avoids many disadvantages of the old At the same time much has been sacrificed for the diminution in space whic