The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 37
... pronoun .. At one time we have to put a we , at another time a you , at another time a they , at other times one or somebody ; and it often happens that none of these will serve , and we must have recourse to the passive verb , as in ...
... pronoun .. At one time we have to put a we , at another time a you , at another time a they , at other times one or somebody ; and it often happens that none of these will serve , and we must have recourse to the passive verb , as in ...
Pagina 58
... told ; these have him bought , and those have sold . Here the form he represents the Saxon hi , and is equiva- lent to our modern pronoun they . The -n form 58 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Literature of the Transition.
... told ; these have him bought , and those have sold . Here the form he represents the Saxon hi , and is equiva- lent to our modern pronoun they . The -n form 58 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . Literature of the Transition.
Pagina 59
John Earle. lent to our modern pronoun they . The -n form of the present tense in hauen is a token of midland locality . Worth quoting also is the butler's narrative of his dream to Joseph in the prison : - Me drempte ic stod at a win ...
John Earle. lent to our modern pronoun they . The -n form of the present tense in hauen is a token of midland locality . Worth quoting also is the butler's narrative of his dream to Joseph in the prison : - Me drempte ic stod at a win ...
Pagina 86
... pronouns are a strong example . We have now two relative pronouns neuter , namely , that and which . The Saxon had only that ; and there was no other use of which but as an interrogative . At this period , in imitation of the French que ...
... pronouns are a strong example . We have now two relative pronouns neuter , namely , that and which . The Saxon had only that ; and there was no other use of which but as an interrogative . At this period , in imitation of the French que ...
Pagina 110
... pronoun I , and the vowel I , are regarded as having all the self - same sound . 103. How are we to account for these strange insular names of our vowels ? The five vowels are called Ae , Ee , Igh , Oh , Yew ; but these names , which ...
... pronoun I , and the vowel I , are regarded as having all the self - same sound . 103. How are we to account for these strange insular names of our vowels ? The five vowels are called Ae , Ee , Igh , Oh , Yew ; but these names , which ...
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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