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Pagina 9
... the Low Dutch on the other , may be symbolised by ja writing the German word
saint over the English word tame : thus t In this mnemonic , the final e of tame is
merely there to make an English word of it , in order to indicate that the symbols T
...
... the Low Dutch on the other , may be symbolised by ja writing the German word
saint over the English word tame : thus t In this mnemonic , the final e of tame is
merely there to make an English word of it , in order to indicate that the symbols T
...
Pagina 126
The following quotation from Surrey seems to indicate that taught in his time
might be pronounced as toft :• Farewell ! thou hast me taught , To think me not the
first That love hath set aloft , And casten in the dust . ' And Bunyan , who as a ...
The following quotation from Surrey seems to indicate that taught in his time
might be pronounced as toft :• Farewell ! thou hast me taught , To think me not the
first That love hath set aloft , And casten in the dust . ' And Bunyan , who as a ...
Pagina 140
Chaucer has guerdon , which is a French word ; but he did not apply this spelling
to words of English origin , such 1 To indicate the subservient use of this letter , I
have ( for want of a better expression ) borrowed from a somewhat analogous ...
Chaucer has guerdon , which is a French word ; but he did not apply this spelling
to words of English origin , such 1 To indicate the subservient use of this letter , I
have ( for want of a better expression ) borrowed from a somewhat analogous ...
Pagina 141
Merchant of Venice , ii . I. But scion , scent , and scite have nothing for them but
fancy . Scion is an obscure word , probably an old gardening term , as that
passage of Othello i . 3 seems to indicate : ' whereof I take this that you call Loue ,
to be ...
Merchant of Venice , ii . I. But scion , scent , and scite have nothing for them but
fancy . Scion is an obscure word , probably an old gardening term , as that
passage of Othello i . 3 seems to indicate : ' whereof I take this that you call Loue ,
to be ...
Pagina 154
This is more forcible than lists of words to indicate the deep effect which the
French language had taken on ours . The Saxon tear is in Chaucer “ teer ' or ' tere
' ; zear is ' yeer ' or ' yere , ' and so on . It matters not that later there was a return to
...
This is more forcible than lists of words to indicate the deep effect which the
French language had taken on ours . The Saxon tear is in Chaucer “ teer ' or ' tere
' ; zear is ' yeer ' or ' yere , ' and so on . It matters not that later there was a return to
...
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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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