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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 ...
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 ...
Pagina 165
... the French Mas was grafted, and from the conjunction with which sprung the
modern alas, which appears in English of the thirteenth century, as in Robert of
Gloucester, 4198: ' Alas ! alas ! J>ou wrecche mon, wuch mysaventure haJ> J>e
...
... the French Mas was grafted, and from the conjunction with which sprung the
modern alas, which appears in English of the thirteenth century, as in Robert of
Gloucester, 4198: ' Alas ! alas ! J>ou wrecche mon, wuch mysaventure haJ> J>e
...
Pagina 186
... more forest wild Than Dryope's lone lulling of her child.' John Keats, Endymion.
The same word may be an adverb or a conjunction. The word but appears in
these two characters in this line, — ' His yeares but young, but his experience old.
... more forest wild Than Dryope's lone lulling of her child.' John Keats, Endymion.
The same word may be an adverb or a conjunction. The word but appears in
these two characters in this line, — ' His yeares but young, but his experience old.
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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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