Definition of Henry sweet

1. Noun. English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912).

Exact synonyms: Sweet
Generic synonyms: Phonetician

Lexicographical Neighbors of Henry Sweet

Henry Luce
Henry M. Robert
Henry M. Stanley
Henry Martyn Robert
Henry Miller
Henry Moore
Henry Morgan
Henry Norris Russell
Henry Oscar Houghton
Henry Purcell
Henry Robinson Luce
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Henry Russell
Henry Spencer Moore
Henry Steinway
Henry Sweet
Henry Tudor
Henry V
Henry VI
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Henry Valentine Miller
Henry Villard
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Watson Fowler
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Henry le Chatelier
Hensen's canal
Hensen's cell

Literary usage of Henry sweet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1881)
"By henry sweet, MA THE problem of sound-notation is as old as civilization itself, but it is only of late years that that of scientific sound-notation has ..."

2. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1898)
"By henry sweet, MA. Ph. 1)., LLD Corresponding Member of the Munich Academy of Sciences. ... Accordingly Dr. henry sweet, who is authority on the subject, ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"English in: Heny Sweet, Primer of Historical English Grammar, which is a condensed version of: henry sweet, Short Historical English Grammar, which, ..."

4. Essays Upon Heredity and Kindred Biological Problems by August Weismann (1892)
"By henry sweet, MA, Ph.D. Extra fcap. 8vo, 4*. 6d, A Primer of Historical English Grammar. Extra fcap. 8vo, 2s. A Primer of Phonetics. By henry sweet, MA, ..."

5. A Historical Geography of the British Coloniesby Charles Prestwood Lucas by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1894)
"By henry sweet, MA, Ph.D. Extra fcap. 8vo, 4*. 6d. A Primer of Historical English Grammar. Extra fcap. 8vo, 2*. A Primer of Phonetics. By henry sweet, MA, ..."

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