The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 3
... kind between the English on the one hand and the Classical languages on the other . We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold divi- sion of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , and throat consonants in the one direction ; and ...
... kind between the English on the one hand and the Classical languages on the other . We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold divi- sion of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , and throat consonants in the one direction ; and ...
Pagina 27
... kind of elective chieftainship of all Britain , was held by several Northumbrian kings in succession . How high this title must have sounded in the ears of cotempo- raries may be imagined from the fact that it is after the same model as ...
... kind of elective chieftainship of all Britain , was held by several Northumbrian kings in succession . How high this title must have sounded in the ears of cotempo- raries may be imagined from the fact that it is after the same model as ...
Pagina 32
... kind . The terminations of the Latin words undergo changes which are expressive of all these modifications of sense ; and these changes of the ends of words are called Inflections . Languages which make use of these inflections ...
... kind . The terminations of the Latin words undergo changes which are expressive of all these modifications of sense ; and these changes of the ends of words are called Inflections . Languages which make use of these inflections ...
Pagina 33
... kind - at once prepositional and inflec- tional . This indicates a transition - state of the language ; a time in which the inflections are no longer what once they were , self - sufficient . Prepositions are brought to their aid , and ...
... kind - at once prepositional and inflec- tional . This indicates a transition - state of the language ; a time in which the inflections are no longer what once they were , self - sufficient . Prepositions are brought to their aid , and ...
Pagina 35
... kind . The other instances shall be more lightly touched on . Word , has altered grammatically ; for in Saxon it stood unvaried in the plural ( WORD ) , but it has now been long assimilated to other nouns , and forms its plural by D 2 ...
... kind . The other instances shall be more lightly touched on . Word , has altered grammatically ; for in Saxon it stood unvaried in the plural ( WORD ) , but it has now been long assimilated to other nouns , and forms its plural by D 2 ...
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