The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 14
... existence since Christianity , a better record of their primitive language has been preserved . Hence the striking fact that we can trace the written history of our English language within this island for the space of twelve hundred ...
... existence since Christianity , a better record of their primitive language has been preserved . Hence the striking fact that we can trace the written history of our English language within this island for the space of twelve hundred ...
Pagina 15
... existence in which they could not of themselves produce a written record . How carefully the Mosogothic language was considered and adapted to the expression of Scripture , becomes manifest to the philological student , when he examines ...
... existence in which they could not of themselves produce a written record . How carefully the Mosogothic language was considered and adapted to the expression of Scripture , becomes manifest to the philological student , when he examines ...
Pagina 24
... existence of such a native literature there is no room for doubt . Bæda tells us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died . Thus the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and furnished us with the ...
... existence of such a native literature there is no room for doubt . Bæda tells us of such ; and he himself was occupied on a translation when he died . Thus the obscure name of Angle emerged into celebrity , and furnished us with the ...
Pagina 73
... existence . It is to English something like what the Hindustani of one of our Indian interpreters might be to the spoken language of the natives - good enough to be understood of the people , and clumsy enough to betray the hand of the ...
... existence . It is to English something like what the Hindustani of one of our Indian interpreters might be to the spoken language of the natives - good enough to be understood of the people , and clumsy enough to betray the hand of the ...
Pagina 140
... existence is one of the most interesting questions in Saxon phonology . In Swedish we find this sound attached to к when it is followed by a soft vowel ; thus the initial к of Swedish kyrka sounds as ch in our church . 2. The French use ...
... existence is one of the most interesting questions in Saxon phonology . In Swedish we find this sound attached to к when it is followed by a soft vowel ; thus the initial к of Swedish kyrka sounds as ch in our church . 2. The French use ...
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