The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 31
... period of West - Saxon leadership extends from Alfred . to the Conquest , about A.D. 880 to A.D. 1066. These figures represent also the interval at which Saxon literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these limits at either ...
... period of West - Saxon leadership extends from Alfred . to the Conquest , about A.D. 880 to A.D. 1066. These figures represent also the interval at which Saxon literature was strongest ; but its duration exceeds these limits at either ...
Pagina 36
... : thus , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for 36 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... : thus , substantive Mann , pronoun In Saxon ( towards the close of the period ) the distinction of the n is sometimes seen , with a preference of the vowel a for the substantive , and o for 36 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 41
... period of depression lay before the Saxon language as before the Saxon people . It is not too much to say that the Norman Conquest entailed the dissolution of the old cultivated lan- guage of the Saxons , the literary Englisc . The ...
... period of depression lay before the Saxon language as before the Saxon people . It is not too much to say that the Norman Conquest entailed the dissolution of the old cultivated lan- guage of the Saxons , the literary Englisc . The ...
Pagina 43
... period during which the country was in a bilingual condition . The language of the consumer was one , and that of the producer another . In the market the seller and the buyer must have spoken different languages , both languages being ...
... period during which the country was in a bilingual condition . The language of the consumer was one , and that of the producer another . In the market the seller and the buyer must have spoken different languages , both languages being ...
Pagina 44
... period in every town and district of England . It was a bilingual condition which lasted down to the middle of the fourteenth century , when a mixed English language broke forth and took the lead . During three centuries , the native ...
... period in every town and district of England . It was a bilingual condition which lasted down to the middle of the fourteenth century , when a mixed English language broke forth and took the lead . During three centuries , the native ...
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