The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 2
... of Asia and Europe through the Sanskrit , Persian , Greek , Latin , Slavonic , Gothic , and Keltic languages . In order to illustrate the right of our English language to a place in this series , it 2 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... of Asia and Europe through the Sanskrit , Persian , Greek , Latin , Slavonic , Gothic , and Keltic languages . In order to illustrate the right of our English language to a place in this series , it 2 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 4
... Greek ears from Phoenician mouths so as to cause them to write it Túpos , Tyrus , whence we have the name Tyre . It is to this sort of play upon the gamut or scale of consonants , a play which is kept up between kindred dialects , that ...
... Greek ears from Phoenician mouths so as to cause them to write it Túpos , Tyrus , whence we have the name Tyre . It is to this sort of play upon the gamut or scale of consonants , a play which is kept up between kindred dialects , that ...
Pagina 5
... Greek or Latin or both , and the same word is found in English or its cognate dialects beginning with an aspirate . Thus , if the Latin or Greek word begins with P , the English word begins with F. Examples : Tup and fire : прó , прâτos ...
... Greek or Latin or both , and the same word is found in English or its cognate dialects beginning with an aspirate . Thus , if the Latin or Greek word begins with P , the English word begins with F. Examples : Tup and fire : прó , прâτos ...
Pagina 6
... Greek or Latin has the medial , the English should have the thin : that is to say , a Classic △ or D should corre- spond to our English T. So it does in δάκρυ , and tear : δύο , duo , and two : déκa , decem , and ten : déμw , domus ...
... Greek or Latin has the medial , the English should have the thin : that is to say , a Classic △ or D should corre- spond to our English T. So it does in δάκρυ , and tear : δύο , duo , and two : déκa , decem , and ten : déμw , domus ...
Pagina 33
... Greek and of the modern German . The old flexions serve to convey feeling , sentiment , association , much of that which is æsthetic in literature ; the prepositions and other inter- mediaries seek to satisfy the demands of the ...
... Greek and of the modern German . The old flexions serve to convey feeling , sentiment , association , much of that which is æsthetic in literature ; the prepositions and other inter- mediaries seek to satisfy the demands of the ...
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