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Pagina 2
... human speech . The details of this statement will occupy the twelve chapters
below : - but first I will endeavour to indicate the historical events which prepared
for the English language its remarkable career ; and this calls for an Introductory
...
... human speech . The details of this statement will occupy the twelve chapters
below : - but first I will endeavour to indicate the historical events which prepared
for the English language its remarkable career ; and this calls for an Introductory
...
Pagina 11
In this mnemonic , the final e of tame is there merely to make an English word of it
, in order to indicate that the symbols , T , A , M , in this place , are doing duty for
the English group , that is , the Low Dutch group , in the comparison ; while the ...
In this mnemonic , the final e of tame is there merely to make an English word of it
, in order to indicate that the symbols , T , A , M , in this place , are doing duty for
the English group , that is , the Low Dutch group , in the comparison ; while the ...
Pagina 127
Enough has now been said to indicate that the Ablaut is a vowel - differentiation
of words , and that its character depends upon that distinctness of the vowels
from which it obtains its value , and force , and title . They need not always be
quite ...
Enough has now been said to indicate that the Ablaut is a vowel - differentiation
of words , and that its character depends upon that distinctness of the vowels
from which it obtains its value , and force , and title . They need not always be
quite ...
Pagina 148
The Saxon was one of the least sibilant of the family , as the lists above ( 10 and
12 ) sufficiently indicate . Our modern access of sibilancy has been due entirely to
French contact . Besides our native sibilants , which had been reduced below ...
The Saxon was one of the least sibilant of the family , as the lists above ( 10 and
12 ) sufficiently indicate . Our modern access of sibilancy has been due entirely to
French contact . Besides our native sibilants , which had been reduced below ...
Pagina 151
The following quotation from Surrey seems to indicate that taught in his time
might be pronounced as ' toft ' :Farewell ! thou hast me taught , To think me not
the first That love hath set aloft , And casten in the dust . This will not be found in
all ...
The following quotation from Surrey seems to indicate that taught in his time
might be pronounced as ' toft ' :Farewell ! thou hast me taught , To think me not
the first That love hath set aloft , And casten in the dust . This will not be found in
all ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Edizione | 3 |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1880 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Harvard University |
| Digitalizzato | 6 feb 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 700 pagine |
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