The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina viii
... Sound as an Illustrative Agency 2. Of Sound as a Formative Agency . 3. Of Sound as an Instinctive Object of Attraction · · § Conclusion on the Origin of Language 634 INDEX OF LETTERS AND WORDS INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS • 641 • 690 ...
... Sound as an Illustrative Agency 2. Of Sound as a Formative Agency . 3. Of Sound as an Instinctive Object of Attraction · · § Conclusion on the Origin of Language 634 INDEX OF LETTERS AND WORDS INDEX OF NAMES AND SUBJECTS • 641 • 690 ...
Pagina 43
... sound than the ' table ' of his lord . His sturdy arms turn the soil ; he is the boor , the hind , the churl ; or if his Norman master has a name for him , it is one which on his lips becomes more and more a title of opprobrium and con ...
... sound than the ' table ' of his lord . His sturdy arms turn the soil ; he is the boor , the hind , the churl ; or if his Norman master has a name for him , it is one which on his lips becomes more and more a title of opprobrium and con ...
Pagina 99
... sound of its name , wherever that sound was required , whether to speak of that very thing or of some other thing with like - sounding name . This is the state of Chinese writing . It is as if ( to adopt Mr. Tylor's illustration ) a ...
... sound of its name , wherever that sound was required , whether to speak of that very thing or of some other thing with like - sounding name . This is the state of Chinese writing . It is as if ( to adopt Mr. Tylor's illustration ) a ...
Pagina 106
... sounds of th , as in this , that , them , thine , from the sound of the same character in thing , thick , thread , thrive . The same regret has been expressed by Rask . ୪ As a means of distinguishing these two sounds , the letters þ ...
... sounds of th , as in this , that , them , thine , from the sound of the same character in thing , thick , thread , thrive . The same regret has been expressed by Rask . ୪ As a means of distinguishing these two sounds , the letters þ ...
Pagina 109
... sound which drops out of the half - open mouth , with the lowest degree of effort at utterance . It is an obscurely diphthongal sound , and if we must spell it , it is this - Ae . The character I we call Eye or Igh ; the U we call Yew ...
... sound which drops out of the half - open mouth , with the lowest degree of effort at utterance . It is an obscurely diphthongal sound , and if we must spell it , it is this - Ae . The character I we call Eye or Igh ; the U we call Yew ...
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