The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 38
... represents the first numeral which we now call WON and write ONE ; and in the latter it is the indefinite article . It is not easy to throw light on an ancient speech by de- scription , unless the writer is aided by the studies of the ...
... represents the first numeral which we now call WON and write ONE ; and in the latter it is the indefinite article . It is not easy to throw light on an ancient speech by de- scription , unless the writer is aided by the studies of the ...
Pagina 46
... representing the dialect of the Upper Severn ; and the Ormulum having been written ( we will say by way of a definition ) somewhere between London and Peterborough . The Brut of Layamon , a work which embodies in a poetic form the ...
... representing the dialect of the Upper Severn ; and the Ormulum having been written ( we will say by way of a definition ) somewhere between London and Peterborough . The Brut of Layamon , a work which embodies in a poetic form the ...
Pagina 47
... represents the old dialect of Wessex in the twelfth century . But it is easier to describe Layamon by his literary than by his local affinities . He is the last writer who retains an echo of the literary Englisc . Though he wrote for ...
... represents the old dialect of Wessex in the twelfth century . But it is easier to describe Layamon by his literary than by his local affinities . He is the last writer who retains an echo of the literary Englisc . Though he wrote for ...
Pagina 50
... represents the western type of English , so this does the eastern . In this poem we find for the first time the term ' English ' in the mature form . Layamon has the forms englisc , englis , ænglis , anglisce , & c .; but Orm has ...
... represents the western type of English , so this does the eastern . In this poem we find for the first time the term ' English ' in the mature form . Layamon has the forms englisc , englis , ænglis , anglisce , & c .; but Orm has ...
Pagina 73
... , that of A.D. 1258 and that of A.D. 1402 , a period of 140 years had elapsed ; but even this period , which represents four generations of men , 6 would not suffice to allow for the transition of OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 73.
... , that of A.D. 1258 and that of A.D. 1402 , a period of 140 years had elapsed ; but even this period , which represents four generations of men , 6 would not suffice to allow for the transition of OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 73.
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accent adjectival adjective adverb Alfred Tennyson alliteration ancient Anglo-Saxon appears Ballad Society become belongs called century character Chaucer collocation compound conjunction consonant dialect distinction Dutch elder emphasis English language example expression fact Faerie Queene familiar flexion following quotation French words German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek guage habit Hebrew Henry VI illustration infinitive inflections instances interjection King Latin Layamon letter literature means metre mind modern English native nature noun observed onomatopoetic original Ormulum orthography participle person philological phrasal phrase plural poet poetry preposition present preterite pronominal pronoun pronunciation Randle Cotgrave reader retained rhyme rhythm Saxon seems sense sentence Shakspeare signifies sort sound speak speech spelling Spenser substantive syllable symbol-verb symbolic words syntax thing thou tion tone traces translation verb verbal vowel William Cowper William Wordsworth writing written þæt þat