The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 9
... term of Low Dutch the languages of Scandinavia . The latter have very strong individualising features of their own , such as the post - positive article , and a form for the passive verb . The post - positive article is highly curious ...
... term of Low Dutch the languages of Scandinavia . The latter have very strong individualising features of their own , such as the post - positive article , and a form for the passive verb . The post - positive article is highly curious ...
Pagina 17
... term ' Saxon ' as a distinction for the early period of our history and language and literature , and to reserve the term ' English ' for the later period . There is some degree of literary impropriety in this , because the Saxons ...
... term ' Saxon ' as a distinction for the early period of our history and language and literature , and to reserve the term ' English ' for the later period . There is some degree of literary impropriety in this , because the Saxons ...
Pagina 21
... terms husk , haw , and more particularly cod , a word that merits a special remark . In Anglo - Saxon times it meant a bag , a purse or wallet1 . Thence it was applied to the seed- bags of plants , as pease - cod . This seems to be the ...
... terms husk , haw , and more particularly cod , a word that merits a special remark . In Anglo - Saxon times it meant a bag , a purse or wallet1 . Thence it was applied to the seed- bags of plants , as pease - cod . This seems to be the ...
Pagina 26
... term of its political supremacy . For a century and a half the northern part of the island was distinguished by the growth of a native Christian literature , and of Christian art . Two names there are prominently associated with this ...
... term of its political supremacy . For a century and a half the northern part of the island was distinguished by the growth of a native Christian literature , and of Christian art . Two names there are prominently associated with this ...
Pagina 31
... Such are the pronouns , articles , prepositions , and conjunctions . In more general terms it may be said that the essence of an inflected language is , to CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGLO - SAXON . 31 Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon.
... Such are the pronouns , articles , prepositions , and conjunctions . In more general terms it may be said that the essence of an inflected language is , to CHARACTERISTICS OF ANGLO - SAXON . 31 Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon.
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