The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 100
... instance , are pictorial of that which is alphabetically expressed by the words one , two , three , and four . We may imagine that they represent so many fingers , or sticks , or notches , or strokes . It has been also supposed that the ...
... instance , are pictorial of that which is alphabetically expressed by the words one , two , three , and four . We may imagine that they represent so many fingers , or sticks , or notches , or strokes . It has been also supposed that the ...
Pagina 108
... instances . There is no apparent reason why that class of instances should have drawn to itself any such special attention , to the neglect of the instances which more truly exemplify the power of the vowel . But there is one par ...
... instances . There is no apparent reason why that class of instances should have drawn to itself any such special attention , to the neglect of the instances which more truly exemplify the power of the vowel . But there is one par ...
Pagina 109
... instances , like hit , bit , nip , wit , dip , fit , sit , & c . , & c . , that the name which we have given to the vowel I does by no means give a just report of the general sound of that letter in our orthography . In what syllables ...
... instances , like hit , bit , nip , wit , dip , fit , sit , & c . , & c . , that the name which we have given to the vowel I does by no means give a just report of the general sound of that letter in our orthography . In what syllables ...
Pagina 110
... instances where it represents that sound by which we have chosen to call it , are comparatively few . The pro ... instance at p . 107 , where i becomes yi , kyind . Not without an apparent parallelism is our pronunciation of the noun ewe ...
... instances where it represents that sound by which we have chosen to call it , are comparatively few . The pro ... instance at p . 107 , where i becomes yi , kyind . Not without an apparent parallelism is our pronunciation of the noun ewe ...
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John Earle. Our national proclivities in utterance are best discerned by the examination of instances where the pronunciation is least under observation , least exposed to modifying influ- ences , least self - conscious . This makes the ...
John Earle. Our national proclivities in utterance are best discerned by the examination of instances where the pronunciation is least under observation , least exposed to modifying influ- ences , least self - conscious . This makes the ...
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