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Reverend Thomas Dyche (died c. 1733) was an English schoolmaster and lexicographer (probably) from Ashbourne, Derbyshire. He published a number of books on the English language including one thought to be the first English book published in Asia.〔( The legacy that Ziegenbalg left, S. Muthiah ), The Hindu, 6 July 2006 retrieved 5 April 2008〕 He is remembered for his reference books and his contribution to pronunciation.〔(Dewitt T. Starmes and Gertrude E. Noyes, Thomas Dyyke and William Pardons New General English Dictionary (1735) in Lexicography: Critical Concepts ) Mick R. K. Smith et al., pp. 15–19, 2003, Taylor and Francis, retrieved 5 April 2008 SBN:0415253675〕 Dyche's ''New General English Dictionary'' was in print from 1735 to 1798 and went through eighteen editions.〔 ==Biography== Dyche was educated at Ashbourne free school, Derbyshire, under the Rev. William Hardestee (dedication of ''Vocabularium Latiale'', 5th edition). He subsequently took orders, and moved to London. In 1708 he was keeping school in Dean Street, Fetter Lane, but some time after 1710 he obtained, the mastership of the free school at Stratford Bow. In 1716, Dyche's book ''A Guide to the English Tongue'' was being published by the linguist Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg in Tharangambadi. This is believed to be the first book published in English in Asia.〔 In 1719 he rashly attempted to expose in print the peculations of the notorious John Ward of Hackney ''in discharge of his () trust about repairing Dagnam Breach.'' Thereupon Ward sued Dyche for libel, and at the trial, 18 June 1719, was awarded sizeable damages.〔Post Soy, 19 June 1719, cited in Robinson, History, of Hackney〕 Dyche seems to have died between 1731 and 1735. Dyche's ''New General English Dictionary'' was in print from 1735 to 1798 and went through eighteen editions.〔 His work identified as "conspicuous" was ''A Guide to the English Tongue,'' which was in print from its first publication in 1709 to a 48th edition in 1780, and a final print in 1830. This work was different to other similar works in that it emphasised pronunciation. Within the book words were sorted into groups where words with two syllables were further sub-divided into those that emphasised the first syllable and to those that emphasised the second syllable.〔 Sorting words by sound and then in order led to lists that attracted comment, e.g., ''hiss, kiss, miss, piss, bliss.''〔(The Teaching of English: From the Sixteenth Century to 1870 ) By Ian Michael accessed 5 April 2008〕 This work was a good foundation for his later work on pronunciation in English, which defined over 20,000 words. Although this work was called ''A Dictionary of Words us'd in the English Tongue...'' it was a guide to spelling and pronunciation. The work included a number of suggestions for changing the spelling of various words and these suggestions were in time accepted into modern English.〔 This work went through seven editions between 1723 and 1756. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Dyche」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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