 | John Mulligan - 1854 - 326 pages
...written language, as are taken together to form onc single sound. (4) A word of ons syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables a polysyllable. (5) The sounds employed in articulate... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1856 - 144 pages
...as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma^ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable / a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong is... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1856 - 136 pages
...as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-masri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable / a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong is... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1856 - 358 pages
...as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a frissyllable ; and a word of four or more syUables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong... | |
 | John Mulligan - English language - 1857 - 608 pages
...call human utterances to distinguish them from ordinary sounds.* (4) A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables a trisyllable / and a word of four or more syllables a polysyllable. (5) The sounds employed in articulate... | |
 | Richard Hiley - 1858 - 216 pages
...convey our ideas. All speaking the same language must use the same word to express the same idea. 41. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable; a...syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. 42. All words are either primitive,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Spellers - 1858 - 176 pages
...gla-zhur. OF WORDS. The elements of words are syllables and letters. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllabic; a word of more than three syllables, a poll/syllable. Every word, of more than one syllable,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1858 - 1096 pages
...distinct sounds, or separate impulses of the voice ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trissyllablc; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. Every vowel, except w, may form... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Spellers - 1859 - 172 pages
...may be a syllable or a union of syllables; as, good, good' ness. 4. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. 5. "Words are divided into primitice,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1860 - 354 pages
...as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trissyllabk ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A dipMwng... | |
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A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable, a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is... 
