The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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... illustrations drawn from various languages . Each of the methods excels in its own peculiar way ; and the excellence of this method is , that the subject is presented with the greatest fullness and totality of effect - as a mountain is ...
... illustrations drawn from various languages . Each of the methods excels in its own peculiar way ; and the excellence of this method is , that the subject is presented with the greatest fullness and totality of effect - as a mountain is ...
Pagina 1
... illustration of this is to be found in the transition of consonants . When the same words appear under altered forms in different members of the same family of languages , the diversity of form is found to have a regular method and ...
... illustration of this is to be found in the transition of consonants . When the same words appear under altered forms in different members of the same family of languages , the diversity of form is found to have a regular method and ...
Pagina 4
... illustrations , as our early language was remarkably poor in words beginning with P. Leav- ing then the labials or lip - consonants which have afforded us all the instances so far quoted , let us try the tooth- consonants or dentals ...
... illustrations , as our early language was remarkably poor in words beginning with P. Leav- ing then the labials or lip - consonants which have afforded us all the instances so far quoted , let us try the tooth- consonants or dentals ...
Pagina 10
John Earle. Compare also the following German and English words , as an illustration of { a } in other parts than the initials of t words : -weiss , white : wasser , water : heiss , hot : essen , t eat ; and as an example of { * } mut ...
John Earle. Compare also the following German and English words , as an illustration of { a } in other parts than the initials of t words : -weiss , white : wasser , water : heiss , hot : essen , t eat ; and as an example of { * } mut ...
Pagina 11
... illustrations of the reciprocity of con- sonants are not co - extensive with the whole scheme as de- vised by Grimm , but they contain the more obvious and con- spicuous parts of it . What has been said will shew the nature of the thing ...
... illustrations of the reciprocity of con- sonants are not co - extensive with the whole scheme as de- vised by Grimm , but they contain the more obvious and con- spicuous parts of it . What has been said will shew the nature of the thing ...
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