William Bullokar


William Bullokar was a 16th-century printer who devised a 40-letter phonetic alphabet for the English language. Its characters were presented in the black-letter or "gothic" writing style commonly used at the time and also in Roman type. Taking as his model a Latin grammar by William [Lily (grammarian)|William Lily], Bullokar wrote the first published grammar of the English language, in a book titled Brief Grammar for English, which appeared in 1586.

Works

  • * scan:
  • * facsimile edition:
  • * facsimile in Bullokar
  • * transcription at Plessow,
  • * transcription at Plessow,
  • * transcription at Plessow,
  • * facsimile in Bullokar
  • * transcription at Plessow,
  • * transcription at Plessow,