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Pagina 24
Intimately connected with this, if not absolutely rising out of it, is the supremacy of
position and influence which the northern kingdom enjoyed in this island for a
hundred and thirty years. It is evident that there was great and substantial
progress ...
Intimately connected with this, if not absolutely rising out of it, is the supremacy of
position and influence which the northern kingdom enjoyed in this island for a
hundred and thirty years. It is evident that there was great and substantial
progress ...
Pagina 37
... 'Swa swa we on bocum reda ö, as we read in books; 'Sum manu on Winceastre
,' a man at Winchester. So strange to our modern notions is the position in which
we sometimes find on, that editors have hardly been able to admit its existence, ...
... 'Swa swa we on bocum reda ö, as we read in books; 'Sum manu on Winceastre
,' a man at Winchester. So strange to our modern notions is the position in which
we sometimes find on, that editors have hardly been able to admit its existence, ...
Pagina 68
... most important examples of English; but we are from this date in possession of
a standard, relatively to which all diverging forms of English are local and
secondary. Having a standard, we are now in a position for the first time to
designate all ...
... most important examples of English; but we are from this date in possession of
a standard, relatively to which all diverging forms of English are local and
secondary. Having a standard, we are now in a position for the first time to
designate all ...
Pagina 89
It is by the silence of the final s that our old neighbour is in a position to smile at
the susurration of the English language. Apart from the French influence, we
were less sibilant than either French or German. It would carry us further than
space ...
It is by the silence of the final s that our old neighbour is in a position to smile at
the susurration of the English language. Apart from the French influence, we
were less sibilant than either French or German. It would carry us further than
space ...
Pagina 113
In Roman writing it had a very undefined position as a superfluous character, a
mere duplicate-variety of C. This was also its I. X. position through the whole
period of Anglo-Saxon literature; it was THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. 113.
In Roman writing it had a very undefined position as a superfluous character, a
mere duplicate-variety of C. This was also its I. X. position through the whole
period of Anglo-Saxon literature; it was THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. 113.
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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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