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Pagina 31
If we look at a page of modern English , we see not only nouns , verbs ,
adjectives , adverbs , conjunctions , these words of primary necessity , but a
sprinkling of little interpreters among the greater words , and that the relations of
the great ...
If we look at a page of modern English , we see not only nouns , verbs ,
adjectives , adverbs , conjunctions , these words of primary necessity , but a
sprinkling of little interpreters among the greater words , and that the relations of
the great ...
Pagina 46
But we have only to look at such a poem as this to perceive at once that it was not
the work of any one year or even of a few years . It must be regarded as the
literary hobby of the whole life of Layamon the priest , who lived at Areley Kings ,
on ...
But we have only to look at such a poem as this to perceive at once that it was not
the work of any one year or even of a few years . It must be regarded as the
literary hobby of the whole life of Layamon the priest , who lived at Areley Kings ,
on ...
Pagina 51
Let him look carefully that he write it so , for else he cannot write it correctly in
English - of that he may be assured ! There is another matter of orthography
which is a philological peculiarity with this author . When words that begin with b
follow ...
Let him look carefully that he write it so , for else he cannot write it correctly in
English - of that he may be assured ! There is another matter of orthography
which is a philological peculiarity with this author . When words that begin with b
follow ...
Pagina 78
And the French poulet , which then meant a young child , is Anglicised into
something which looks like the participle of the verb to pull , in ... difference of
look between the French initial gu and the English initial w often masks a French
word .
And the French poulet , which then meant a young child , is Anglicised into
something which looks like the participle of the verb to pull , in ... difference of
look between the French initial gu and the English initial w often masks a French
word .
Pagina 85
Some words , whose form is perfectly English to look at , are nothing but French
words in a Saxon mask . The word business has not , as far as I know , been
suspected , yet I offer it without hesitation as an example . The adjective busy
existed ...
Some words , whose form is perfectly English to look at , are nothing but French
words in a Saxon mask . The word business has not , as far as I know , been
suspected , yet I offer it without hesitation as an example . The adjective busy
existed ...
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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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