The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 32
... on stilnesse . With uplifted eyes to the height and with outstretched arms she be- gan to pray with stirrings of the lips in stillness . Here we observe in the first place , that terminations 32 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... on stilnesse . With uplifted eyes to the height and with outstretched arms she be- gan to pray with stirrings of the lips in stillness . Here we observe in the first place , that terminations 32 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 33
... observe however in the second place , that on the Saxon side also there are prepositions among the inflections . The phrases on pa heahnysse , ' ' mid . . . styringum , ' ' on stilnesse , ' are at once phrasal and inflectional . This ...
... observe however in the second place , that on the Saxon side also there are prepositions among the inflections . The phrases on pa heahnysse , ' ' mid . . . styringum , ' ' on stilnesse , ' are at once phrasal and inflectional . This ...
Pagina 34
... ages , and at first sight we might think that they had suffered no change within the horizon of our observation . They are found in our oldest extant writings spelt just as we now spell 34 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... ages , and at first sight we might think that they had suffered no change within the horizon of our observation . They are found in our oldest extant writings spelt just as we now spell 34 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 42
... observation of the nature and 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 ...
... observation of the nature and 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 ...
Pagina 43
... observe that the names of almost all animals , so long as they are alive , are thus Saxon , but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman- a fact indeed which we might have expected beforehand ; for the Saxon hind had the charge ...
... observe that the names of almost all animals , so long as they are alive , are thus Saxon , but when dressed and prepared for food become Norman- a fact indeed which we might have expected beforehand ; for the Saxon hind had the charge ...
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accent adjectival adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglo-Saxon become BISHOP called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer cloth compound conjunction consonant Danish dialect distinction English language example expression Extra fcap Faery Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words function German Gothic Gothic languages grammar 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 philology phonetic phrasal phrase plural poet poetry prefix preposition present preterite pronoun pronunciation reader relics rhyme rhythm Romanesque Saxon Second Edition seems sense sentence Shakspeare shew signifies singular sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantival substantive syllable symbolic words syntax termination thing thou tion traces translated verb vowel W. W. Skeat writing written þat