The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 68
... is it by any means desirable that the student should do so , until after the time that by grammatical study he has comprehended some- what of their perfections . But when we regard our 68 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
... is it by any means desirable that the student should do so , until after the time that by grammatical study he has comprehended some- what of their perfections . But when we regard our 68 THE RISE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE .
Pagina 69
John Earle. what of their perfections . But when we regard our homely dialects , the dilapidation is patent , and we naturally think of reconstruction by sounder specimens ; and in this thought lies the germ of the philological idea ...
John Earle. what of their perfections . But when we regard our homely dialects , the dilapidation is patent , and we naturally think of reconstruction by sounder specimens ; and in this thought lies the germ of the philological idea ...
Pagina 83
... regard to the early relations of English with French . Words run much in couples , the one being English and the other French ; and it is plain that the habit was caused by the bilingual state of the population . Thus : - -- act and ...
... regard to the early relations of English with French . Words run much in couples , the one being English and the other French ; and it is plain that the habit was caused by the bilingual state of the population . Thus : - -- act and ...
Pagina 115
... regard the ' a , ' ' i ' and ' u ' as fundamental , at least for that particular language . Other languages are found to contribute , some more some less , to the general adoption of this trio of vowel - sounds as the basis of phonology ...
... regard the ' a , ' ' i ' and ' u ' as fundamental , at least for that particular language . Other languages are found to contribute , some more some less , to the general adoption of this trio of vowel - sounds as the basis of phonology ...
Pagina 116
... regard to this principal vowel - sound . The ' a ' is lost in every one of those instances ; and words which were written dagas , endas , fixas , pathas , smithas , stanas , are now written with a toneless e as in fishes , or a merely ...
... regard to this principal vowel - sound . The ' a ' is lost in every one of those instances ; and words which were written dagas , endas , fixas , pathas , smithas , stanas , are now written with a toneless e as in fishes , or a merely ...
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