The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 120
... pronunciation . I. 116. The statement is advanced with some diffidence , and commended to further observation ; but it seems to me that the vowels are not always most satisfactorily uttered by those who have had the benefit of a careful ...
... pronunciation . I. 116. The statement is advanced with some diffidence , and commended to further observation ; but it seems to me that the vowels are not always most satisfactorily uttered by those who have had the benefit of a careful ...
Pagina 121
... pronunciation of the verb cuman . This letter now represents the long ' u ' sound in very few words : bull , bush , full , pull , push , puss . The word put has this vocalism in some mouths , and the word punish had rather than has ...
... pronunciation of the verb cuman . This letter now represents the long ' u ' sound in very few words : bull , bush , full , pull , push , puss . The word put has this vocalism in some mouths , and the word punish had rather than has ...
Pagina 122
... pronunciation only were considered , sur sour . Of the instances in which we have acquired a u in place of some other vowel , the most noticeable is where it has taken the place of an old ' i ' : — irnan run , risc rush ( juncus ) . 120 ...
... pronunciation only were considered , sur sour . Of the instances in which we have acquired a u in place of some other vowel , the most noticeable is where it has taken the place of an old ' i ' : — irnan run , risc rush ( juncus ) . 120 ...
Pagina 123
... pronunciation . The vowels which claim our attention after A I U are o and e . The natural relation of these inferior vowels to the Three , may be rudely figured as in the subjoined dia- gram : I e A o U Of the O it has already been ...
... pronunciation . The vowels which claim our attention after A I U are o and e . The natural relation of these inferior vowels to the Three , may be rudely figured as in the subjoined dia- gram : I e A o U Of the O it has already been ...
Pagina 130
John Earle. pæð a path , plur . patas . Our modern pronunciation of the word day retains the trace of this Umlaut , which the ortho- graphy obscures ; for it exactly corresponds to dai , the orthography which succeeded to dag . And , to ...
John Earle. pæð a path , plur . patas . Our modern pronunciation of the word day retains the trace of this Umlaut , which the ortho- graphy obscures ; for it exactly corresponds to dai , the orthography which succeeded to dag . And , to ...
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