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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language
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John Walker’s <i>A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language</i> was published by John F. Sibell of New York in 1831. The 336 page book lists commonly used English words and gives their definition along with a pronunciation guide. John Walker was a prominent elocutionist at the time, already having published the two-volume <i>Elements of Elocution</i> in 1781.
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