The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina iv
... familiar- ised to him by the aid of examples and illustrations drawn from various languages . Each of the methods excels in its own pecu- liar way ; and the excellence of this method is , that the subject is presented with the greatest ...
... familiar- ised to him by the aid of examples and illustrations drawn from various languages . Each of the methods excels in its own pecu- liar way ; and the excellence of this method is , that the subject is presented with the greatest ...
Pagina 3
... familiar illustration has lost none of its force since the time of Shakspeare . A recent traveller in North Wales saw a railway truck at Conway on which some Welsh porter had chalked Chester goots . ' This variation , at which we ...
... familiar illustration has lost none of its force since the time of Shakspeare . A recent traveller in North Wales saw a railway truck at Conway on which some Welsh porter had chalked Chester goots . ' This variation , at which we ...
Pagina 4
... of this kind between the English on the one hand and the Classical languages on the other . 4. We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold division of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , 4 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... of this kind between the English on the one hand and the Classical languages on the other . 4. We suppose the reader is familiar with the twofold division of the mute consonants into lip , tooth , 4 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 15
... familiar in our English Bible , but linked together by a flexional structure that finds no parallel short of Sanskrit . This is the oldest book we can go back to , as written in a language like our own . It has therefore a national ...
... familiar in our English Bible , but linked together by a flexional structure that finds no parallel short of Sanskrit . This is the oldest book we can go back to , as written in a language like our own . It has therefore a national ...
Pagina 33
... familiar heirloom in the language , an ancient fashion , ornamental rather than necessary . At the first great shake which such a language gets , after it is well furnished with prepositions , there will most likely be a great shedding ...
... familiar heirloom in the language , an ancient fashion , ornamental rather than necessary . At the first great shake which such a language gets , after it is well furnished with prepositions , there will most likely be a great shedding ...
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