The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 53
... Rhythms , vol . ii . pp . 209 , 409 ) most appropriate . There is this guiding fact , that the initial change of þ to t is found in the last section of the Saxon Chronicle E , which we know was written at Peterborough . On the other ...
... Rhythms , vol . ii . pp . 209 , 409 ) most appropriate . There is this guiding fact , that the initial change of þ to t is found in the last section of the Saxon Chronicle E , which we know was written at Peterborough . On the other ...
Pagina 96
... rhythm , the modulation , the music of the language was one entirely new . Every Englishman knows that it is comparatively easy to understand the dialects in print , but often quite impossible in conversation . The main cause of this is ...
... rhythm , the modulation , the music of the language was one entirely new . Every Englishman knows that it is comparatively easy to understand the dialects in print , but often quite impossible in conversation . The main cause of this is ...
Pagina 119
... Rhythms . Possibly they was put for i in rhyme from confusion with the Greek pvoμos : at any rate we do owe many of our y's to the Greek v , such as tyrant , zephyr , hydraulic , hyssop , hypocrisy , hypothesis . In fact , so commonly ...
... Rhythms . Possibly they was put for i in rhyme from confusion with the Greek pvoμos : at any rate we do owe many of our y's to the Greek v , such as tyrant , zephyr , hydraulic , hyssop , hypocrisy , hypothesis . In fact , so commonly ...
Pagina 132
... rhythm to decide absolutely on so much of their pronun- ciation as is involved in their accentuation , and that , in the case before us , is the chief thing . We find the word as early as the second text of Layamon , which we may fix at ...
... rhythm to decide absolutely on so much of their pronun- ciation as is involved in their accentuation , and that , in the case before us , is the chief thing . We find the word as early as the second text of Layamon , which we may fix at ...
Pagina 133
... rhythm of Chaucer , every one who has an ear will be satisfied . In the line ( Prologue to Canterbury Tales , 1. 46 ) — Trouthe and honour , | fredom | and cur | tesie , ' the second syllable of honour is in the stroke or stress of the ...
... rhythm of Chaucer , every one who has an ear will be satisfied . In the line ( Prologue to Canterbury Tales , 1. 46 ) — Trouthe and honour , | fredom | and cur | tesie , ' the second syllable of honour is in the stroke or stress of the ...
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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