The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 100
... passed into Greece . Purely alphabetic as modern European writing is , there are still some visible traces of its pictorial origin . The first four Roman numerals , I , II , III , IIII , for instance , are pictorial of that which is ...
... passed into Greece . Purely alphabetic as modern European writing is , there are still some visible traces of its pictorial origin . The first four Roman numerals , I , II , III , IIII , for instance , are pictorial of that which is ...
Pagina 124
... passing through a vari- able cavity consisting of the pharynx ( the cavity behind the tongue ) , mouth , and nose . ' If the whole of this arrangement is required for the vocal mechanism , it is only the outer part of it which we shall ...
... passing through a vari- able cavity consisting of the pharynx ( the cavity behind the tongue ) , mouth , and nose . ' If the whole of this arrangement is required for the vocal mechanism , it is only the outer part of it which we shall ...
Pagina 136
... utter- ance , such as the ' L mouillé , ' or the nasal м and N of the French with which we have little to do . The Liquids have undergone no variation in passing from the Saxon into the 136 1. OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET .
... utter- ance , such as the ' L mouillé , ' or the nasal м and N of the French with which we have little to do . The Liquids have undergone no variation in passing from the Saxon into the 136 1. OF THE ENGLISH ALPHABET .
Pagina 137
John Earle. undergone no variation in passing from the Saxon into the English language , except that R has unhappily lost much of its earlier resonance . Of these liquids , L and R group together , as being more vocalic than the other ...
John Earle. undergone no variation in passing from the Saxon into the English language , except that R has unhappily lost much of its earlier resonance . Of these liquids , L and R group together , as being more vocalic than the other ...
Pagina 165
... passed away of pro- nouncing Rome as the word room is pronounced . This is an ancient pronunciation , as is well known from puns in Shak- speare . No doubt it is the phantom of an old French pro- nunciation , and it bears about the same ...
... passed away of pro- nouncing Rome as the word room is pronounced . This is an ancient pronunciation , as is well known from puns in Shak- speare . No doubt it is the phantom of an old French pro- nunciation , and it bears about the same ...
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