The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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... thing in the description of a language is its affinities with other languages : and the consideration of this belongs to what is called Comparative Philology . The English is one of the languages of the great Indo - European family ...
... thing in the description of a language is its affinities with other languages : and the consideration of this belongs to what is called Comparative Philology . The English is one of the languages of the great Indo - European family ...
Pagina 2
... thing . When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes P for B , as Fluellen in Henry V. act v . sc . 1 : ' pragging knave , Pistoll , which you and your self and all the world know to be no petter than a fellow ...
... thing . When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes P for B , as Fluellen in Henry V. act v . sc . 1 : ' pragging knave , Pistoll , which you and your self and all the world know to be no petter than a fellow ...
Pagina 11
... thing ; and a little reflection will make it clear how strong an evidence of primæval relationship these analo- gies carry with them . This evidence would be far less perfect than it is , but for the material which has been supplied by ...
... thing ; and a little reflection will make it clear how strong an evidence of primæval relationship these analo- gies carry with them . This evidence would be far less perfect than it is , but for the material which has been supplied by ...
Pagina 33
... thing , can , smith , heap , on , an , which seem like permanent fixtures through the ages , and at first sight we might think that they had suffered no change within the horizon of our observation . They are found in our oldest extant ...
... thing , can , smith , heap , on , an , which seem like permanent fixtures through the ages , and at first sight we might think that they had suffered no change within the horizon of our observation . They are found in our oldest extant ...
Pagina 36
... Thing . This word had much the same vague and ab- stract use in Saxon as it has now . “ On mang pisum þingum ' : among these things . ' Ic seah sellic ping singan on recede ' : I saw a strange thing singing on the hall . But in Saxon it ...
... Thing . This word had much the same vague and ab- stract use in Saxon as it has now . “ On mang pisum þingum ' : among these things . ' Ic seah sellic ping singan on recede ' : I saw a strange thing singing on the hall . But in Saxon it ...
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