New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-16
gHH ANahsh LANGUAGE IN ITS ELEMENTS

AND FOkME BY WILLIAM O. FOWLER New
YORK Htrpel Brothers avo. PIP 675.
1t 10 not little remarkable that the Hngiah
Language should have been so deeply indebted TO
American writers, for aQme of the most valuable
expeditions o. tic principles and usages. At the
head Of popular gsammarians, We must place
Lindley Murray, with AL the short comings o
which he has beer convicted by mora recent inquif
sess, while the elaborate dictionary OF Noah Web
stes will long roman monument OF profound re-.
search, critical sOutsnetE and mtftely insight into
the genius and reaoVroes Of our mother songus. A
taste for the nioctes Of phlOlogy aeemn indeed to
belong 20 certsir developments Of the American
mind, and we nsed not cross the Atlantic to find
admirable models o. pure and vigorous MngIiub
expression WIZ he perpetual avalanche Of for.
eigners from the ccnt5nens OF Europe, too Jealous
vigilasce over the io-ms OF language can scarcely
beeGercsee snewe Therefore rejoice at every wise
endeavor TO eluoidste thelAws OF diomaSic English
and consolidate its usage on principles Of sound
philosophical analogy.
Tho present wOCh il d0cs not give complete
system Of phii0csy furnishes the materials for
judloious conclusicne, and abound. with pregnant
suggestions Of great Importance to the student in
Gf
complete originality Ii has no favorite theories to
support the mind Q! the author ia sinsuagly free
nom pathological crctohsts and shining only al
embedyipg the authentic results Of modern invest
cation in systematic form, he has produced
volume OF gress practical utility, and which will be
eagerly welcomed by many students who have no
leisure to trSvel ~ TO the primitive sources on
shali own account
Professor Fowle- acknowledges his deep oblgs
ion 10 the ingenious writings OF Dr.. Latham and
the advantages he has derived from the older
grsmmafisRa, WalRe, Greenwood, and iowth, IS
well az gone o. recent d&se, az Crombic Murray
and Arnold, while II collateral departments no has
made Tree gse Of TIE 'abora OF Whatey, Gray,
Hagson, aud NJ as work j. divided Toto eight
parts treating Iuceersiyey Of shc origin aud hsto,
nv OF the English l&usuage Of its phoaolosy, lis
ogthogrsphical fermE, i.s csynoosiosI fo.ms, its
sYnssosical forms It's heoricSl forms, snd its poet
ioal forms Under this comprehensive arrange
mept, il will be pssocisee, tha every Important
topic pstsao!rg 81 lAe construction OF tia English
,apsasee lie incladed ss& wiih she thorough and
philosophical discussion t. which they src s"bnit
tad. Tho reader c4rnos fail to obtain fand Of III
ssrucsion of the rno&t asefa charkcter.
A curious specinasn ii the corsupsons 70 which
She language IL exposed tgom the valgsri'iea Of
Lopaon usage. u given nthe following collection o.
rEcuMARlrlEs OF TIE oooKNEY DtALEor
l. PkoaOIogy
50. /. The Londoae- or Cockney pronounoes
&c for ., snd for &c ar, wea! for rsa! pscked for
eicktd He seems rot 80 have understood why the
Cousonsnt IL OF the Lsdns, which Was not disan-
guished in writing from tbs vowel u shonld be pro-
noutced Q (=Jkl while the consonant 70 Of tho An
go Ssxons which mad distinct character f'om ths
vowel u, w&a pronounced e And 1t mass bs
confessed that the rus Ia somewhat arbitrary, This