The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 50
... consonants with which this word is written is a constant feature of the Ormulum . The author was one of Nature's philologists , and he displayed his talent by attempting a phonetic system of spelling . Had his ortho- graphy been ...
... consonants with which this word is written is a constant feature of the Ormulum . The author was one of Nature's philologists , and he displayed his talent by attempting a phonetic system of spelling . Had his ortho- graphy been ...
Pagina 89
... consonants . And the focus of this blending was the court . The court was the centre which was the point of meeting for the two nationalities , though it hardly knew of any literature but the French . The court also was the seminary ...
... consonants . And the focus of this blending was the court . The court was the centre which was the point of meeting for the two nationalities , though it hardly knew of any literature but the French . The court also was the seminary ...
Pagina 99
... consonant or a vowel , which we call the alphabetic system . Some national systems of writing have failed to arrive at this , and have remained stationary midway . Others , as the hieroglyphic , having gone through all the stages , seem ...
... consonant or a vowel , which we call the alphabetic system . Some national systems of writing have failed to arrive at this , and have remained stationary midway . Others , as the hieroglyphic , having gone through all the stages , seem ...
Pagina 108
... consonant : as , ate , bate , cate , date , fate , gape , hate , jape , late , make , nape , pane , rate , state , tale , vale , wane . This final e must be considered as much embodied with its a , as in the corresponding German sound ä ...
... consonant : as , ate , bate , cate , date , fate , gape , hate , jape , late , make , nape , pane , rate , state , tale , vale , wane . This final e must be considered as much embodied with its a , as in the corresponding German sound ä ...
Pagina 111
... consonants require some special remarks . C was invested with its present s - like sound by the French influence which accompanied the Norman Con- quest . Before that time it was never used but with the K - sound , which it still has ...
... consonants require some special remarks . C was invested with its present s - like sound by the French influence which accompanied the Norman Con- quest . Before that time it was never used but with the K - sound , which it still has ...
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