The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 27
... character of modern Scottish , and cast it in a permanent mould , just as his contemporary Chaucer did for our English language . Again , in the eighteenth century there was a brilliant re- vival of the Anglian dialect , out of which ...
... character of modern Scottish , and cast it in a permanent mould , just as his contemporary Chaucer did for our English language . Again , in the eighteenth century there was a brilliant re- vival of the Anglian dialect , out of which ...
Pagina 42
... character of those which the two races have severally contributed to it . Thus we should confidently conclude that the Norman was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact that all the words of dignity , state , honour , and pre ...
... character of those which the two races have severally contributed to it . Thus we should confidently conclude that the Norman was the ruling race , from the noticeable fact that all the words of dignity , state , honour , and pre ...
Pagina 51
... word , because of the metrical division that separates them . Other examples of these peculiarities may be seen in the following extract . CHARACTER OF A GOOD MONK . Forr himm birrp beon E 2 LITERATURE OF THE TRANSITION . 51.
... word , because of the metrical division that separates them . Other examples of these peculiarities may be seen in the following extract . CHARACTER OF A GOOD MONK . Forr himm birrp beon E 2 LITERATURE OF THE TRANSITION . 51.
Pagina 56
... character- istic , and that is , the facility with which it disparaged good and respectable words . 55. Villan was simply a French class - name , by which a humble order of men was designated ; ceorl was a Saxon name of like import ...
... character- istic , and that is , the facility with which it disparaged good and respectable words . 55. Villan was simply a French class - name , by which a humble order of men was designated ; ceorl was a Saxon name of like import ...
Pagina 58
... character . The date is about A.D. 1250. As a specimen of the language , we may quote the selling of Joseph : - de chapmen skiuden here fare , in to Egipte ledden dat ware ; wid Putifar de kinges stiward , he maden swide bigetel forward ...
... character . The date is about A.D. 1250. As a specimen of the language , we may quote the selling of Joseph : - de chapmen skiuden here fare , in to Egipte ledden dat ware ; wid Putifar de kinges stiward , he maden swide bigetel forward ...
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accent adjectival adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglo-Saxon become Bible called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer cloth compound conjunction consonant Danish dialect distinction Edition English language example expression Extra fcap fact Faery Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words function German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek guttural habit haue Hebrew High Dutch illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection Italian John John Keble King Latin Layamon letter literature Lord means mind modern Mosogothic native nature noun observe old Saxon original Ormulum orthography participle person philological philology phonetic phrasal phrase plural poet poetry prefix preposition present preterite pronoun pronunciation relics rendered rhyme rhythm Romanesque Saxon seems sense sentence Shakspeare shew signifies singular sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantival substantive syllable symbolic words syntax termination thing thou tion traces translation verb vowel W. W. Skeat writing written þat