The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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... Inflections . · 193 CHAPTER VI . The Verbal Group · 224 I. Strong Verbs 2. Mixed Verbs . 3. Weak Verbs . 4. Verb Making 228 · 246 253 CHAPTER VII . The Noun Group 1. Of the Substantive 2. Of the Adjective 3. Of the Adverb § The Numerals ...
... Inflections . · 193 CHAPTER VI . The Verbal Group · 224 I. Strong Verbs 2. Mixed Verbs . 3. Weak Verbs . 4. Verb Making 228 · 246 253 CHAPTER VII . The Noun Group 1. Of the Substantive 2. Of the Adjective 3. Of the Adverb § The Numerals ...
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... inflection the speech of our own race was carried . Inflections which in German , or even in Anglo - Saxon , are but fragmentarily preserved , like relics of an expiring fashion , are there seen standing forth in all their archaic ...
... inflection the speech of our own race was carried . Inflections which in German , or even in Anglo - Saxon , are but fragmentarily preserved , like relics of an expiring fashion , are there seen standing forth in all their archaic ...
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... inflected language is , to express by composition of words that which an uninflected language expresses by syntax or arrangement of words . So that in the inflected language more is expressed by single words than in the non- inflected ...
... inflected language is , to express by composition of words that which an uninflected language expresses by syntax or arrangement of words . So that in the inflected language more is expressed by single words than in the non- inflected ...
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... Inflections . Languages which make use of these inflections , instead of using distinct words for this purpose , are called inflec- tional languages . Such were in a high degree the ancient Latin and Greek ; and such , in a less degree ...
... Inflections . Languages which make use of these inflections , instead of using distinct words for this purpose , are called inflec- tional languages . Such were in a high degree the ancient Latin and Greek ; and such , in a less degree ...
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... inflections are no longer what once they were , self - sufficient . Prepositions are brought to their aid , and very soon the whole weight of the function falls on the preposition . The inflection then lives on merely as an heir- loom ...
... inflections are no longer what once they were , self - sufficient . Prepositions are brought to their aid , and very soon the whole weight of the function falls on the preposition . The inflection then lives on merely as an heir- loom ...
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accent adjectival adjective adverb Alfred Tennyson alliteration ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Ballad Society become belongs called century character Chaucer collocation compound conjunction consonant dialect distinction Dutch elder emphasis English language example expression fact Faerie Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek guage habit Hebrew Henry VI illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection King Latin Layamon letter literature means metre mind modern English native nature noun observed onomatopoetic original Ormulum orthography participle person philological phrasal phrase plural poet poetry preposition present preterite pronominal pronoun pronunciation Randle Cotgrave reader retained rhyme rhythm Saxon seems sense sentence Shakspeare signifies sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantive syllable symbol-verb symbolic words syntax thing thou tion tone traces translation verb verbal vowel William Cowper William Wordsworth writing written þæt þat