The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina iv
... 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 fullness and totality of effect — as a mountain ...
... 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 fullness and totality of effect — as a mountain ...
Pagina v
... a Third Edition . Apt illustrations cannot always be caught when required , they must be waited for . Some such have been secured in the interval since the Second Edition , and PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS . V.
... a Third Edition . Apt illustrations cannot always be caught when required , they must be waited for . Some such have been secured in the interval since the Second Edition , and PREFACE TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS . V.
Pagina 3
... 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 6
... illustrations , may be summarised for convenience sake in the following mnemonic formula : - TAM A M T where the Roman letters of the Latin word TAM placed over the Gothic letters of the German word Amt are intended to bracket together ...
... illustrations , may be summarised for convenience sake in the following mnemonic formula : - TAM A M T where the Roman letters of the Latin word TAM placed over the Gothic letters of the German word Amt are intended to bracket together ...
Pagina 23
... illustration of the servile condition to which the old inhabitants were reduced , that the words wealh and wylen came to signify male and female slave . § 3. Influence of the Church on the Language . 23. About the year A.D. 600 ...
... illustration of the servile condition to which the old inhabitants were reduced , that the words wealh and wylen came to signify male and female slave . § 3. Influence of the Church on the Language . 23. About the year A.D. 600 ...
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