Let’s Read: A Linguistic Approach

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

A LINGUISTIC APPROACH Second Edition, Revised and Updated Cynthia A. Barnhart and Robert K. Barnhart Based on the original work of Leonard Bloomfield and Clarence L. Barnhart Wayne State University Press · Detroit © 2010 by Cynthia A. Barnhart. Original edition © 1961 by Clarence L. Barnhart. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Barnhart, Cynthia A. Let’s read : a linguistic approach / Cynthia A. Barnhart and Robert K. Barnhart. — 2nd ed., Rev. and updated. p. cm. Includes index. “Based on the original work of Leonard Bloomfield and Clarence L. Barnhart.” ISBN 978-0-8143-3455-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Reading—Phonetic method. 2. Readers (Primary) I. Barnhart, Robert K. II. Title. PE1119.B388 2010 372.46'5—dc22 2009026959 Cover and interior illustrations for this edition by John R. Barnhart ISBN 978-0-8143-3686-1 (e-book) This revised edition is dedicated to the memory of Robert K. Barnhart, for whom all things were possible. C. A. B. To my mother, Frances Barnhart, who read to me and taught me to read, and to the memory of Leonard Bloomfield, who evolved this system by which countless children can learn to read. C. L. B. ...