The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... Chaucer , Shakspeare , Spenser , Milton , Tennyson , are frequently indicated by abbre- viations which speak for themselves . In the Verbal Index some further progress has been made in distinguishing classes of words by diversities of ...
... Chaucer , Shakspeare , Spenser , Milton , Tennyson , are frequently indicated by abbre- viations which speak for themselves . In the Verbal Index some further progress has been made in distinguishing classes of words by diversities of ...
Pagina 27
... Chaucer did for our English language . Again , in the eighteenth century there was a brilliant re- vival of the Anglian dialect , out of which came the poetry of Allan Ramsay and of Robert Burns , and the dialogues . in ' brad Scots ...
... Chaucer did for our English language . Again , in the eighteenth century there was a brilliant re- vival of the Anglian dialect , out of which came the poetry of Allan Ramsay and of Robert Burns , and the dialogues . in ' brad Scots ...
Pagina 53
... look across the water studded with islands , to where the continent of the modern English language rears its abrupt front in the writings of Chaucer . § 7. The triumph of French . 52. In the LITERATURE OF THE TRANSITION . 53.
... look across the water studded with islands , to where the continent of the modern English language rears its abrupt front in the writings of Chaucer . § 7. The triumph of French . 52. In the LITERATURE OF THE TRANSITION . 53.
Pagina 57
... Chaucer , precisely as at present : — Seven is my chance , and thin is cink and treye . Canterbury Tales , 12,587 . Chance itself is one of those gaming terms , and so is hazard , which was the prominent word in the phraseology of ...
... Chaucer , precisely as at present : — Seven is my chance , and thin is cink and treye . Canterbury Tales , 12,587 . Chance itself is one of those gaming terms , and so is hazard , which was the prominent word in the phraseology of ...
Pagina 66
... Chaucer's gentle and lady- like Prioress , spoke a French which , as the poet informs us , was utterly unlike ' French of Paris . ' What then must have been the French of the homely upland fellows Trevisa tells of : - ' and oplondysch ...
... Chaucer's gentle and lady- like Prioress , spoke a French which , as the poet informs us , was utterly unlike ' French of Paris . ' What then must have been the French of the homely upland fellows Trevisa tells of : - ' and oplondysch ...
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accent adjectival adjective adverb Alfred Tennyson alliteration ancient become belongs Bible called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer collocation compound conjunction consonants Danish dative dialects distinction Dutch elder emphasis English language example expression Faery Queene familiar flat adverb flexion following quotation French words function genitival genitive German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek habit haue Hebrew illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection Italian John John Keble John Milton King Latin Layamon letter literature Lord means mind modern Mosogothic native nature noun observe old Saxon onomatopoetic original Ormulum orthography participle person philological phrase plural poet poetry prefix preposition present preterite pronominal pronoun pronunciation relics rendered rhyme rhythm Romanesque Saxon seems sense sentence Shakspeare shew signifies singular sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantival substantive syllable symbolic words syntax termination thing thou tion traces verb vowel William Cowper writing þat