The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 111
... consonant . Examples : -bere , cere , here , intercede , intervene , mere , scene . We are therefore driven to look for some familiar and oft - recurring words which have the e exceptionally pro- nounced as Ee . And such we find in the ...
... consonant . Examples : -bere , cere , here , intercede , intervene , mere , scene . We are therefore driven to look for some familiar and oft - recurring words which have the e exceptionally pro- nounced as Ee . And such we find in the ...
Pagina 120
... consonants . Our language might be improved , if it were made an aim in education that boys should not only articu- late the consonants , but also give due expression to the vowels . If men have not time to say their words any more ...
... consonants . Our language might be improved , if it were made an aim in education that boys should not only articu- late the consonants , but also give due expression to the vowels . If men have not time to say their words any more ...
Pagina 128
... consonant has been overpowered by the first . In the Finnish and Samoyedian languages , this principle has developed into a grammatical vowel - harmony , according to which the vowel of the stem of a word determines the vowel of the ...
... consonant has been overpowered by the first . In the Finnish and Samoyedian languages , this principle has developed into a grammatical vowel - harmony , according to which the vowel of the stem of a word determines the vowel of the ...
Pagina 130
... Consonants . 129. The consonants will be most conveniently arranged in the order according to which they recede more and more from the nature of the vowels . We begin with the half vowels , W and Y. Before the Conquest the character W ...
... Consonants . 129. The consonants will be most conveniently arranged in the order according to which they recede more and more from the nature of the vowels . We begin with the half vowels , W and Y. Before the Conquest the character W ...
Pagina 131
... consonant , Take the word few , in which w has only a vocalic sound ; this word was once a disyllable , feawa , and ... CONSONANTS . 131.
... consonant , Take the word few , in which w has only a vocalic sound ; this word was once a disyllable , feawa , and ... CONSONANTS . 131.
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