The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 34
... substantive Mann , pronoun man . In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for the pronoun 34 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
... substantive Mann , pronoun man . In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for the pronoun 34 SKETCH OF THE RISE.
Pagina 88
... vowels , and we see the French deuil producing such an English form as dole , doleful . The Saxon u is transformed into the French ou as in iung , young ; þruh , trough : or the o and u stand apart in the modern word , as when tunge ...
... vowels , and we see the French deuil producing such an English form as dole , doleful . The Saxon u is transformed into the French ou as in iung , young ; þruh , trough : or the o and u stand apart in the modern word , as when tunge ...
Pagina 99
... vowel , which we call the alphabetic system . Some national systems of writing have failed to arrive at this , and have remained stationary midway . Others , as the hieroglyphic , having gone through all the stages , seem to continue to ...
... vowel , which we call the alphabetic system . Some national systems of writing have failed to arrive at this , and have remained stationary midway . Others , as the hieroglyphic , having gone through all the stages , seem to continue to ...
Pagina 105
... vowels , and the remarkable names by which we are wont to designate them . Our names of the vowels are singularly at variance with the continental names for the same characters . Of the five vowels A E I OU , there is but one , viz . o ...
... vowels , and the remarkable names by which we are wont to designate them . Our names of the vowels are singularly at variance with the continental names for the same characters . Of the five vowels A E I OU , there is but one , viz . o ...
Pagina 106
... vowel I , are regarded as having the selfsame sound . The extreme oddity of our sound of U comes out under a used - up or languid utterance , as when a dilettante is heard to excuse himself from purchasing pictures which are offered to ...
... vowel I , are regarded as having the selfsame sound . The extreme oddity of our sound of U comes out under a used - up or languid utterance , as when a dilettante is heard to excuse himself from purchasing pictures which are offered to ...
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