The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 36
... , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for 36 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for 36 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 37
John Earle. the vowel a for the substantive , and o for the pronoun . The following is of the eleventh century : -- ac Ærest mon sceal God lufian ... Ne sceal mon mann slean ælcne mann mon sceal a weorþian . and ne sceal nan mann don ...
John Earle. the vowel a for the substantive , and o for the pronoun . The following is of the eleventh century : -- ac Ærest mon sceal God lufian ... Ne sceal mon mann slean ælcne mann mon sceal a weorþian . and ne sceal nan mann don ...
Pagina 50
... vowel . Had his orthography been generally adopted , we should have had in English not only the mm and nn with which German is studded , but many other double consonants which we do not now possess . How great a study Orm had made of ...
... vowel . Had his orthography been generally adopted , we should have had in English not only the mm and nn with which German is studded , but many other double consonants which we do not now possess . How great a study Orm had made of ...
Pagina 99
... not of vowels and consonants but of syllables : and this is the completion of the second or syllabic stage of writing . The third stage is what we call the Alphabetic system H 2 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II On the English Alphabet.
... not of vowels and consonants but of syllables : and this is the completion of the second or syllabic stage of writing . The third stage is what we call the Alphabetic system H 2 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II On the English Alphabet.
Pagina 100
... vowel . Some national methods of writing have failed to arrive at this , and have remained stationary midway . Others , as the ancient Egyptian , having gone through all the stages , retain something of each , and present a mixture of ...
... vowel . Some national methods of writing have failed to arrive at this , and have remained stationary midway . Others , as the ancient Egyptian , having gone through all the stages , retain something of each , and present a mixture of ...
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