The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1880 - 700 pagine |
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Pagina 113
... seen it somewhere suggested that possibly this peculiar vowel - sound has risen out of a distorted effort to imitate the inimitable French U. There is perhaps something in this idea . A very peculiar u exists in Devonshire , one which ...
... seen it somewhere suggested that possibly this peculiar vowel - sound has risen out of a distorted effort to imitate the inimitable French U. There is perhaps something in this idea . A very peculiar u exists in Devonshire , one which ...
Pagina 117
... seen that the Saxon ' a ' has broken and dissipated itself into a variety of modifications , so now on the other hand we must see what compensation there has been that this chief vowel should not perish out of the language . We shall ...
... seen that the Saxon ' a ' has broken and dissipated itself into a variety of modifications , so now on the other hand we must see what compensation there has been that this chief vowel should not perish out of the language . We shall ...
Pagina 124
... seen ; lastly , as e subscript , it has no sound of its own at all . Here is a single line which contains three of these uses , while at the same time it shews with what a frequency this character is capable of appearing : Seen here and ...
... seen ; lastly , as e subscript , it has no sound of its own at all . Here is a single line which contains three of these uses , while at the same time it shews with what a frequency this character is capable of appearing : Seen here and ...
Pagina 137
... seen above , 114 ; while м and N on the other hand have a conservative effect . With respect to the Mutes , м has a great attraction for в , 137 ; and N for D or T. 136. We have now touched all the sounds represented by our Alphabet ...
... seen above , 114 ; while м and N on the other hand have a conservative effect . With respect to the Mutes , м has a great attraction for в , 137 ; and N for D or T. 136. We have now touched all the sounds represented by our Alphabet ...
Pagina 147
... seen at present in Scandinavia . The Swedish and Danish languages have initial K in common in a large number of words . The Danish κ has no chirt anywhere ; but the Swedish K is pro- nounced as English CH when it is followed by certain ...
... seen at present in Scandinavia . The Swedish and Danish languages have initial K in common in a large number of words . The Danish κ has no chirt anywhere ; but the Swedish K is pro- nounced as English CH when it is followed by certain ...
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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