The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 135
... beginning of words . That which originally gave also the disposition to be ac- cented on the last , was this : It consisted of two words eal ( all ) and swa ( so ) , of which swa was the leading word , and eal was a subordinate and ...
... beginning of words . That which originally gave also the disposition to be ac- cented on the last , was this : It consisted of two words eal ( all ) and swa ( so ) , of which swa was the leading word , and eal was a subordinate and ...
Pagina 138
John Earle. : Saxon , e . g . all the disyllabic compounds beginning with be- become , before , beware , beyond , behead , bethink , beget , be- queathe , bequest , below - the emphasis , which naturally rests on the last , has never ...
John Earle. : Saxon , e . g . all the disyllabic compounds beginning with be- become , before , beware , beyond , behead , bethink , beget , be- queathe , bequest , below - the emphasis , which naturally rests on the last , has never ...
Pagina 141
... Burnet , and Drayton . In the sixteenth century there was a great disposition to prefix a w before certain words beginning with an H or with an R. This seems to have been due to assimilation SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION . 141.
... Burnet , and Drayton . In the sixteenth century there was a great disposition to prefix a w before certain words beginning with an H or with an R. This seems to have been due to assimilation SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION . 141.
Pagina 142
... beginning with wh and wr ; such as , whale , wharf , what , which , who , wheat , wheel , when , where , whither , & c .; wreak , wreath , wrestle , wrath , wrist , write , wright , & c . - all familiar words , and some of them words of ...
... beginning with wh and wr ; such as , whale , wharf , what , which , who , wheat , wheel , when , where , whither , & c .; wreak , wreath , wrestle , wrath , wrist , write , wright , & c . - all familiar words , and some of them words of ...
Pagina 146
... beginning to claim educated rank , now pronounce literally . The pronunciation itself was a good Parisian fashion in the fifteenth century . Villon , the French poet of that period , affords in his rhymes some good illustrations of this ...
... beginning to claim educated rank , now pronounce literally . The pronunciation itself was a good Parisian fashion in the fifteenth century . Villon , the French poet of that period , affords in his rhymes some good illustrations of this ...
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