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Henry Sweet

see synonyms of henry sweet

Noun

1. henry sweet, sweet

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Henry Sweet

see synonyms of henry sweet
British phonetician and philologist. A founder of modern phonetics, he is known especially for his History of English Sounds (1874).

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