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Pagina 9
This s is a relic of an old reflexive pronoun , so that it is most like the French habit
of getting a sort of a passive by prefixing the reflexive pronoun se . Thus in
French marier is to marry ( active ) , of parents who marry their children ; but if you
...
This s is a relic of an old reflexive pronoun , so that it is most like the French habit
of getting a sort of a passive by prefixing the reflexive pronoun se . Thus in
French marier is to marry ( active ) , of parents who marry their children ; but if you
...
Pagina 44
A frontier between English and French must have existed in the Norman period in
every town and district of England . It was a bilingual condition which lasted down
to the middle of the fourteenth century , when a mixed English language broke ...
A frontier between English and French must have existed in the Norman period in
every town and district of England . It was a bilingual condition which lasted down
to the middle of the fourteenth century , when a mixed English language broke ...
Pagina 53
Both also bear traces , in different ways , of the earlier processes of that great
change which the French was now working in the English language . The long
story of the Brut is told in lines which affect the ancient style ; but the style is
chaotic ...
Both also bear traces , in different ways , of the earlier processes of that great
change which the French was now working in the English language . The long
story of the Brut is told in lines which affect the ancient style ; but the style is
chaotic ...
Pagina 54
The triumph of French . 52. In the two great works which have occupied us during
the preceding pages , the Englisc has made its latest stand against the growing
ascendancy of the French . We now approach the time when for a century and a ...
The triumph of French . 52. In the two great works which have occupied us during
the preceding pages , the Englisc has made its latest stand against the growing
ascendancy of the French . We now approach the time when for a century and a ...
Pagina 55
Both these senses date from the French period of our history . To jape is to jest
coarsely ; a japer is a low buffoon ; japery is buffoonery ; and jape - worthy is
ignominiously ridiculous . To jangle is to prate or babble ; a jangler is a man -
prater ...
Both these senses date from the French period of our history . To jape is to jest
coarsely ; a japer is a low buffoon ; japery is buffoonery ; and jape - worthy is
ignominiously ridiculous . To jangle is to prate or babble ; a jangler is a man -
prater ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Edizione | 3 |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1880 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Biblioteca pubblica di Lione (Bibliothèque jésuite des Fontaines) |
| Digitalizzato | 26 gen 2017 |
| Lunghezza | 700 pagine |
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