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Pagina iii
What the nature of language is , can be ascertained only by a wide comparison of
languages taken at various stages of development . Such a work is to be
performed , not by any one man , but by the co - operation of many : and many
have ...
What the nature of language is , can be ascertained only by a wide comparison of
languages taken at various stages of development . Such a work is to be
performed , not by any one man , but by the co - operation of many : and many
have ...
Pagina 5
But this will not injure the proof resulting from those examples , unless it can be
supposed that those are mere accidental resemblances arbitrarily collected .
Against such an idea is to be placed the consideration that they are chiefly taken
from ...
But this will not injure the proof resulting from those examples , unless it can be
supposed that those are mere accidental resemblances arbitrarily collected .
Against such an idea is to be placed the consideration that they are chiefly taken
from ...
Pagina 15
According to one form of the tale , the famous refusal was made in a language
which was taken for Englisc . Now the company present spoke Frankish , that is
to say , Old High Dutch ; and unless we suppose Rolf to have learnt Englisc ,
which ...
According to one form of the tale , the famous refusal was made in a language
which was taken for Englisc . Now the company present spoke Frankish , that is
to say , Old High Dutch ; and unless we suppose Rolf to have learnt Englisc ,
which ...
Pagina 17
The line of Watling Street , running from London to Chester , may be taken as the
boundary line between these races , whom we shall sometimes combine ,
according to prevalent usage , under the joint name of Anglo - Saxons , or under
the ...
The line of Watling Street , running from London to Chester , may be taken as the
boundary line between these races , whom we shall sometimes combine ,
according to prevalent usage , under the joint name of Anglo - Saxons , or under
the ...
Pagina 23
All the Gothic dialects must be taken into comparison on the one hand , and all
the Keltic dialects on the other . But the branch from which most light is to be
expected is the Breton , as spoken in French Brittany . The great and fundamental
...
All the Gothic dialects must be taken into comparison on the one hand , and all
the Keltic dialects on the other . But the branch from which most light is to be
expected is the Breton , as spoken in French Brittany . The great and fundamental
...
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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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