The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 131
... once it was a consonant . Take the word few , in which w has only a vocalic sound ; this word was once a disyllable , feawa , and then the second syllable wa gave the w a consonantal value . 130. Y is a Greek letter adopted by the ...
... once it was a consonant . Take the word few , in which w has only a vocalic sound ; this word was once a disyllable , feawa , and then the second syllable wa gave the w a consonantal value . 130. Y is a Greek letter adopted by the ...
Pagina 134
... once had in English the guttural force of the German ch , or even of the Welsh ch . This ancient guttural is heard now only in those portions of the old Anglian provinces which are in the southern counties of Scotland , and the northern ...
... once had in English the guttural force of the German ch , or even of the Welsh ch . This ancient guttural is heard now only in those portions of the old Anglian provinces which are in the southern counties of Scotland , and the northern ...
Pagina 159
John Earle. site , as being derived from the Latin situs ; and we once more write it as did Spenser and Ben Jonson . But there are still persons of authority who adhere to the seven- teenth - century practice - the practice of Fuller ...
John Earle. site , as being derived from the Latin situs ; and we once more write it as did Spenser and Ben Jonson . But there are still persons of authority who adhere to the seven- teenth - century practice - the practice of Fuller ...
Pagina 165
... once did rhyme . That beautiful verse in the 106th Psalm ( New Version ) is hardly producible in refined congregrations , by reason of this change in its closing rhyme : - O may I worthy prove to see Thy saints in full prosperity ! That ...
... once did rhyme . That beautiful verse in the 106th Psalm ( New Version ) is hardly producible in refined congregrations , by reason of this change in its closing rhyme : - O may I worthy prove to see Thy saints in full prosperity ! That ...
Pagina 171
... once general , if not universal . We still give it the Ay sound in break , great , measure , pleasure , treasure . In Surrey we find heat rhyme to great , and no doubt it was a true rhyme . Surrey pronounced heat as the majority of our ...
... once general , if not universal . We still give it the Ay sound in break , great , measure , pleasure , treasure . In Surrey we find heat rhyme to great , and no doubt it was a true rhyme . Surrey pronounced heat as the majority of our ...
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accent adjectival adjective adverb alphabet ancient Anglo-Saxon become BISHOP called Canterbury Tales century character Chaucer cloth compound conjunction consonant Danish dialect distinction English language example expression Extra fcap Faery Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words function German Gothic Gothic languages grammar Greek guttural habit haue Hebrew High Dutch illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection Italian John John Keble King Latin Layamon letter literature Lord means mind modern Mosogothic native nature noun observe old Saxon original Ormulum orthography participle person philology phonetic phrasal phrase plural poet poetry prefix preposition present preterite pronoun pronunciation reader relics rhyme rhythm Romanesque Saxon Second Edition seems sense sentence Shakspeare shew signifies singular sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantival substantive syllable symbolic words syntax termination thing thou tion traces translated verb vowel W. W. Skeat writing written þat