The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 110
... prefix a y . Account for it how we may , the fact is plain ( and this is what we are now upon ) that the vowel has caught its nam- ing from certain strained and exceptional uses of it . To so great a length have I pursued this subject ...
... prefix a y . Account for it how we may , the fact is plain ( and this is what we are now upon ) that the vowel has caught its nam- ing from certain strained and exceptional uses of it . To so great a length have I pursued this subject ...
Pagina 135
... eal ( all ) and swa ( so ) , of which swa was the leading word , and eal was a subordinate and modifying prefix ; and so long as this continued to be remembered , the stress was naturally SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION . 135.
... eal ( all ) and swa ( so ) , of which swa was the leading word , and eal was a subordinate and modifying prefix ; and so long as this continued to be remembered , the stress was naturally SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION . 135.
Pagina 141
... Burnet , and Drayton . In the sixteenth century there was a great disposition to prefix a w before certain words beginning with an H or with an R. This seems to have been due to assimilation SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION . 141.
... Burnet , and Drayton . In the sixteenth century there was a great disposition to prefix a w before certain words beginning with an H or with an R. This seems to have been due to assimilation SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION . 141.
Pagina 256
... prefix or suffix , which stamps that word as a verb independ- ently of a context . Such is the suffix -en , by means of which , from the sub- stantives height , haste , length , strength , are formed the verbs heighten , hasten ...
... prefix or suffix , which stamps that word as a verb independ- ently of a context . Such is the suffix -en , by means of which , from the sub- stantives height , haste , length , strength , are formed the verbs heighten , hasten ...
Pagina 257
... prefix be- , by means of which , from the substantives head , friend , tide , are formed the verbs behead , befriend , betide . This formative is still in operation , but is less active than it formerly was . It enters into sixty ...
... prefix be- , by means of which , from the substantives head , friend , tide , are formed the verbs behead , befriend , betide . This formative is still in operation , but is less active than it formerly was . It enters into sixty ...
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