The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 64
... orthography rather than of pronunciation : which is made probable by the substitution of the ss for ch where we must suppose a French pronunciation of the ch , which is about the same as our sh sound . Thus , in the long piece presently ...
... orthography rather than of pronunciation : which is made probable by the substitution of the ss for ch where we must suppose a French pronunciation of the ch , which is about the same as our sh sound . Thus , in the long piece presently ...
Pagina 112
... orthography . In what syllables is that eye sound represented by i ? Chiefly in two kinds . The first is where it is supported by an e - subscript , as bite , drive , five , hive , ice , kite , like , mine , nine , pipe , quire , ripe ...
... orthography . In what syllables is that eye sound represented by i ? Chiefly in two kinds . The first is where it is supported by an e - subscript , as bite , drive , five , hive , ice , kite , like , mine , nine , pipe , quire , ripe ...
Pagina 113
... orthography the same sound as our new . The Danish lys ( light ) is pronounced lyews , and in Swedish it is phonetically so written , namely ljus . The tree which in English is called yew was in Saxon written iw , from which we gather ...
... orthography the same sound as our new . The Danish lys ( light ) is pronounced lyews , and in Swedish it is phonetically so written , namely ljus . The tree which in English is called yew was in Saxon written iw , from which we gather ...
Pagina 116
... orthographic e as in stones ; or else , and this is the com- monest result , it has left no trace behind , as in smiths , But then it is in flexional terminations days , ends , paths . that the vowels degenerate most rapidly , and we ...
... orthographic e as in stones ; or else , and this is the com- monest result , it has left no trace behind , as in smiths , But then it is in flexional terminations days , ends , paths . that the vowels degenerate most rapidly , and we ...
Pagina 130
... orthography which succeeded to dag . And , to take an example from adjectives , the word small bears no trace , either in its spoken or in its written form , of having for- merly been subject to Umlaut ; but it was so . It appears as ...
... orthography which succeeded to dag . And , to take an example from adjectives , the word small bears no trace , either in its spoken or in its written form , of having for- merly been subject to Umlaut ; but it was so . It appears as ...
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