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THE first 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
, the ...
THE first 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
, the ...
Pagina 2
A few easy examples will put the reader in possession of the nature of the thing.
When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes P for B, as
Fluellen in Henry V. act v. sc. i : ' pragging knave, Pistoll, which you and your self
...
A few easy examples will put the reader in possession of the nature of the thing.
When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes P for B, as
Fluellen in Henry V. act v. sc. i : ' pragging knave, Pistoll, which you and your self
...
Pagina 11
These illustrations of the reciprocity of consonants are not co-extensive with the
whole scheme as devised by Grimm, but they contain the more obvious and
conspicuous parts of it. What has been said will shew the nature of the thing ; and
a ...
These illustrations of the reciprocity of consonants are not co-extensive with the
whole scheme as devised by Grimm, but they contain the more obvious and
conspicuous parts of it. What has been said will shew the nature of the thing ; and
a ...
Pagina 33
Accordingly, we see words like man, word, 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
...
Accordingly, we see words like man, word, 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
...
Pagina 36
assimilated to other nouns, and forms its plural by the addition of an s (WORDS).
Thing. This word had much the same vague and abstract use in Saxon as it has
now. ' On mang ]>isum ]iingum ' : among these things. ' Ic seah sellic ]ring singan
...
assimilated to other nouns, and forms its plural by the addition of an s (WORDS).
Thing. This word had much the same vague and abstract use in Saxon as it has
now. ' On mang ]>isum ]iingum ' : among these things. ' Ic seah sellic ]ring singan
...
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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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