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The same word (probably) passing with an early migration westward is found in
the Dartmoor Tors. It is to this sort of play upon the gamut or scale of consonants,
a play which is kept up between kindred dialects, that Grimm, when he had ...
The same word (probably) passing with an early migration westward is found in
the Dartmoor Tors. It is to this sort of play upon the gamut or scale of consonants,
a play which is kept up between kindred dialects, that Grimm, when he had ...
Pagina 4
Thus the Greek B and Latin B should answer to our English P. In proof of this we
may perhaps cite 8960s and pit, properly pyl but here we must pass into another
group of consonants to find suitable illustrations, as Our early language was ...
Thus the Greek B and Latin B should answer to our English P. In proof of this we
may perhaps cite 8960s and pit, properly pyl but here we must pass into another
group of consonants to find suitable illustrations, as Our early language was ...
Pagina 11
Hence the striking fact that we can trace the written history of our English
language within this island for the space of twelve hundred years. Christianity
was the cause of its early cultivation; and this has made it possible for us OF THE
ENGLISH ...
Hence the striking fact that we can trace the written history of our English
language within this island for the space of twelve hundred years. Christianity
was the cause of its early cultivation; and this has made it possible for us OF THE
ENGLISH ...
Pagina 12
early cultivation; and this has made it possible for us to follow back the traces of
our language into a far higher relative antiquity than that in which the languages
of Greece and Rome first begin to emerge into historic view. This has been very ...
early cultivation; and this has made it possible for us to follow back the traces of
our language into a far higher relative antiquity than that in which the languages
of Greece and Rome first begin to emerge into historic view. This has been very ...
Pagina 16
... yet our neighbours west and north, the Welsh and the Gael, have still called us
Saxons, and our language Saxonish. It has become the literary habit of recent
times to use the term 'Saxon' as a distinction for the early period of our history ...
... yet our neighbours west and north, the Welsh and the Gael, have still called us
Saxons, and our language Saxonish. It has become the literary habit of recent
times to use the term 'Saxon' as a distinction for the early period of our history ...
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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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