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Of Prepositions 435 2. Of Conjunctions 444 CHAPTER X. Of Syntax 460 1. Flat or
Collocative Syntax 461 2. Syntax of Flexion 474 3. Syntax by Symbolic Words
487 CHAPTER XI . Of Compounds 501 1. Compounds of the First Order 504 2.
Of Prepositions 435 2. Of Conjunctions 444 CHAPTER X. Of Syntax 460 1. Flat or
Collocative Syntax 461 2. Syntax of Flexion 474 3. Syntax by Symbolic Words
487 CHAPTER XI . Of Compounds 501 1. Compounds of the First Order 504 2.
Pagina 31
If we look at a page of modern English , we see not only nouns , verbs ,
adjectives , adverbs , conjunctions , these words of primary necessity , but a
sprinkling of little interpreters among the greater words , and that the relations of
the great ...
If we look at a page of modern English , we see not only nouns , verbs ,
adjectives , adverbs , conjunctions , these words of primary necessity , but a
sprinkling of little interpreters among the greater words , and that the relations of
the great ...
Pagina 91
There is in Yorkshire , and perhaps over the north of England generally , a use of
the conjunction while which is very different from that of Queen's English . In the
latter speech while is equivalent to during , but in the northern dialects it means ...
There is in Yorkshire , and perhaps over the north of England generally , a use of
the conjunction while which is very different from that of Queen's English . In the
latter speech while is equivalent to during , but in the northern dialects it means ...
Pagina 92
This use of the conjunction while in the sense of until was attended with one
advantage which the Queen's English has never shared . The genitival form
whilst has never been with us anything more than a fanciful variety of expression
: it has ...
This use of the conjunction while in the sense of until was attended with one
advantage which the Queen's English has never shared . The genitival form
whilst has never been with us anything more than a fanciful variety of expression
: it has ...
Pagina 159
It has this peculiar faculty as a conjunction , that it rounds off and renders natural
an abrupt beginning , and forms as it were the bridge between the spoken and
the unspoken : Oh if in after life we could but gather The very refuse of our
youthful ...
It has this peculiar faculty as a conjunction , that it rounds off and renders natural
an abrupt beginning , and forms as it were the bridge between the spoken and
the unspoken : Oh if in after life we could but gather The very refuse of our
youthful ...
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accent adjective adverb already altered ancient appears become beginning belongs called cause century character Chaucer close common compared compound conjunction continued dialect distinction early effect element English example existence expression fact familiar flexion French function German give grammatical Greek habit hand idea illustration indicate infinitive inflections instances interjection kind King language Latin less letter literature look lost manner means mind nature never noun observe once original passed perhaps period person philological plural poetry position preposition present probably pronoun pronunciation Queene reader reason regard represented retained Saxon seems seen sense sentence sometimes sort sound speak speech spelling stand strong substantive syllable symbolic taken term thing thou thought tion traces translation true verb vowel whole word writing written
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1871 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Università di Princeton |
| Digitalizzato | 3 mar 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 599 pagine |
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