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(Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890)

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• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890, ed.: On Early English Pronunciation, With Especial Reference to Shakspere and Chaucer (5 volumes (Early English Text Society Extra Series 2, 7, 14, 23, and 56); 1869-1889)
  • Part I (On the Pronunciation of the XIVth, XVth, XVIth, and XVIIth Centuries): multiple formats at Google
  • Part II (On the Pronunciation of the XIIIth and Previous Centuries): multiple formats at Google
  • Part III (Illustrations of the Pronunciation of the XIVth and XVIth Centuries): multiple formats at Google
  • Part IV (Illustrations of the Pronunciation of English in the XVIIth, XVIIIth, and XIXth Centuries): multiple formats at Google
  • Part V (Existing Dialectal As Compared With West Saxon Pronunciation): multiple formats at Google
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On the Musical Scales of Various Nations (extracted from Journal of the Society of the Arts, 1885) (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: [Th]e Nu Testament ov or Lord and Savyur Jezus Krist, according tu [th]e oturized verzun. (Sionsinati : L. Bruđerz, 1855) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Abhandlungen zur vergleichenden musikwissenschaft / (München : Drei masken verlag, 1922), also by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, Otto Abraham, Carl Stumpf, and J. P. N. Land (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Algebra identified with geometry ... : in a series of rough notes, forming five tracts: I. Euclid's conception of ratio and proportion ... II. "Carnot's principle" for limits ... III. The laws of tensors; or, The algebra of proportion ... IV. The laws of clinants; or, The algebra of similar triangles lying upon the same plane ... V. Stigmatic geometry; or, The correspondence of points in a plane ... / (London : C. F. Hodgson & sons, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The alphabet of nature; (London, S. Bagster and sons;, 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The American phonetic dictionary of the English language. (Cincinnati, Longley brothers; Boston, O. Clapp; [etc., etc.], 1855), also by Daniel S. Smalley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The Anglo-Cymric score, being a method of counting sheep and cattle by the score formerly used by shepherds and drovers, principally in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire, and stated also to be known to the North American Indians, now nearly obsolete, formed on a Welsh basis with English additions. Fifty-three versions, collected from various sources, including seven from America. ([London, 1878.]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The Anglo-Foreign word-book; or, Phonographer's guide to the pronunciation, derivation and signification of those numerous French, Latin, German and Italian words, which are now in frequent use in English. (London, F. Pitman, 1854), also by James Drake (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: An Early English hymn to the Virgin (fifteenth century) and a Welshman's phonetic copy of it soon after / (London : Pub. for the English dialect society by Trübner & Co., 1880), also by Frederick James Furnivall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The English, Dionysian, and Hellenic pronunciations of Greek, (London, C. F. Hodgson & son, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The essentials of phonetics; containing the theory of a universal alphabet etc. with numerous examples. In lieu of a second ed. of the "Alphabet of nature." (London, F. Pitman, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The essentials of phonetics; containing the theory of a universal alphabet, together with its practical application as an ethnical alphabet to the reduction of old language, written or unwritten, to one uniform system of writing; with numerous examples; adapted to the use of phoneticians, philologists, etymologists, ethnographists, travellers, and missionaries. In lieu of a second edition of the "Alphabet of Nature." ([London, Fred Pitman, Phonetic Depot, Queens Head Passage, Paternoster Row, 1848]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The essentials of phonetics: containing the theory of a universal alphabet, together with its practical application ... in lieu of a second edition of the "Alphabet of nature." (Londun, F. Pitman, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The ethnical alphabet; or, Alphabet of nations. Being an extension of Messrs. Pitman and Ellis's English phonetic alphabet. ([London, F. Pitman, 1848]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The history of musical pitch. (London, Printed by W. Trounce, 1880) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Logic for children [microform] : deductive and inductive : being the substance of two addresses to teachers delivered before the College of Preceptors ... / (London : C.F. Hodgson & Son, 1882) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On early English pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer : containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types, including a rearrangement of F.J. Child's memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and reprints of the rare tracts by Salesburv on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barclay on French, 1521 / (London : Published for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society, by Trübner & Co., 1869-89), also by Johan Winkler, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Alexander Barclay, Johann Andreas Schmeller, William Salesbury, and Francis James Child (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On early English pronunciation, with especial reference to Shakspere and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England, from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types : Including a rearrangement of Prof. F.J. Child's memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and reprints of the rare tracts by Salesbury on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barcley on French, 1521. / (London etc., 1869-), also by Johan Winkler, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Alexander Barclay, Johann Andreas Schmeller, William Salesbury, and Francis James Child (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On early English pronunciation : with special reference to Shakespeare and Chaucer, containing an investigation of the correspondence of writing with speech in England from the Anglosaxon period to the present day, preceded by a systematic notation of all spoken sounds by means of the ordinary printing types. Including a rearrangement of Prof. F.J. Child's memoirs on the language of Chaucer and Gower, and reprints of the rare tracts by Salesburv on English, 1547, and Welch, 1567, and by Barclay on French, 1521. (London : Pub. for the Philological Society by Asher & Co., and for the Early English Text Society and the Chaucer Society, by Trübner & Co., 1869-89), also by Johan Winkler, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Alexander Barclay, Johann Andreas Schmeller, William Salesbury, and Francis James Child (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On musical duodenes, or the theory of constructing instruments with fixed tones in just or practically just intonation. (London, Taylor and Francis, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On the aboriginal inhabitants of the Andaman Islands. (London, For the Anthropological institute of Great Britain and Ireland by Trübner & co. [pref., 1883]), also by Edward Horace Man and Richard Carnac Temple (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On the basis of music, containing an elementary account of the nature of musical notes and chords ... (London, C.F. Hodgson & Son, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On the delimitation of the English and Welsh languages. ([n.p., 1882]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On the history of musical pitch. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On the sensations of tone as a physiological basis for the theory of music, (London, New York, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1895), also by Hermann von Helmholtz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: On the sensitiveness of the ear to pitch and change of pitch in music. (London, Spottiswoode, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: The only English proclamation of Henry III., 18 October 1258, and its treatment by former editors and translators, considered and illustrated ; to which are added editions of The Cuckoo song and The Prisoner's prayer, lyrics of the XIIIth century. (London : Asher and co., [1868?]), also by King of England Henry III (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890, ed.: Pennsylvania Dutch: A Dialect of South German With an Infusion of English, by Samuel Stehman Haldeman (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Pennsylvania Dutch : a dialect of South German with an infusion of English / (Philadelphia : Reformed Church Publication Board, 1872), also by Samuel Stehman Haldeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Pennsylvania Dutch : a dialect of South German with an infusion of English / (London : Trübner, 1872), also by Samuel Stehman Haldeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: A plea for phonetic spelling, or, The necessity of orthographic reform. (London, F. Pitman, 1848) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: A plea for phonotypy and phonography; or, Speech-printing and speech-writing. (Bath, I. Pitman; [etc., etc.], 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Practical hints on the quantitative pronunciation of Latin. For the use of classical teachers and linguists. (London, Macmillan and co., 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Procesul Volapükei extras din transactions [electronic resource] of the Philogical [sic] Society of London ... (Bucuresti : E. Mulescu, 1888), also by Joan F. Licherdopol and Philological Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Pronunciation for singers (Curwen edition 8249), with especial reference to the English, German, Italian, and French languages; with numerous examples and exercises for the use of teachers and advanced students. (London, Curwen, [1888?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Pronunciation for singers, with especial reference to the English, German, Italian, and French languages; with numerous examples and exercises for the use of teachers and advanced students, (London, J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd., [pref. 1887]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: South Place discourses. ([S.l. : s.n., 1873-1881]), also by Frederic Harrison, Andrew Wilson, Moncure Daniel Conway, and J. Allanson Picton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Speech in song : being the singer's pronouncing primer of the principal European languages for which vocal music is usually composed / (London New York : Novello, Ewer, [1878?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Speech in song, being the singer's pronouncing primer of the principal European languages for which vocal music is usually composed, (London New York, Novello, Ewer and co., [1878?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Syllabus of a lecture on the pronunciation of English in the sixteenth, fourteenth and thirteenth centuries, illustrated by passages from Shakespere, Chaucer and others. (London, 1867) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Universal writing and printing with ordinary letters, for the use of missionaries, comparative philologists, linguists, and phonologists. / (Edinburgh : R. Saton ... ; London : F. Pitman ..., 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ellis, Alexander John, 1814-1890: Verses, (Cambridge, Printed by Metcalfe and Palmer, for private circulation, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)

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