The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 15
... seen standing forth in all their archaic rigidity and polysyllabicity . 15. In the subjoined Lord's Prayer the English is a little distorted to make it a verbal guide to the Mosogothic words : - THE LORD'S PRAYER . From the MSOGOTHIC ...
... seen standing forth in all their archaic rigidity and polysyllabicity . 15. In the subjoined Lord's Prayer the English is a little distorted to make it a verbal guide to the Mosogothic words : - THE LORD'S PRAYER . From the MSOGOTHIC ...
Pagina 24
... seen the decline of the greatness of his people . Canterbury was the metropolis of Christianity , but the kingdom of Northumbria was its most powerful seat . It was the attachment of this northern Church to the Roman interest that ...
... seen the decline of the greatness of his people . Canterbury was the metropolis of Christianity , but the kingdom of Northumbria was its most powerful seat . It was the attachment of this northern Church to the Roman interest that ...
Pagina 36
... , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for 36 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for 36 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 37
... seen to have undergone alterations of another kind . The other instances shall be more lightly touched on . 34. Thing . This word had to itself a large symbolic function which is now partitioned : On mang pisum žingum , ' Among these ...
... seen to have undergone alterations of another kind . The other instances shall be more lightly touched on . 34. Thing . This word had to itself a large symbolic function which is now partitioned : On mang pisum žingum , ' Among these ...
Pagina 51
... the next 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.
... the next 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.
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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 žat