The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 145
... standing , and where we have it in common with the Germans , as in week , wool , wolf , & c . , which the Danes call uge , uld , ulf , & c . The Germans do in fact write the w in these words , Woche , Wolle , Wulf . But they do not ...
... standing , and where we have it in common with the Germans , as in week , wool , wolf , & c . , which the Danes call uge , uld , ulf , & c . The Germans do in fact write the w in these words , Woche , Wolle , Wulf . But they do not ...
Pagina 154
... stand , spoon - trea . ' The orthography may be either his own or that of Miss Chetwynd , from whom the instructions came 1 . It is not unlikely that this use of EA runs back into Saxon times . It was one of the most frequent and ...
... stand , spoon - trea . ' The orthography may be either his own or that of Miss Chetwynd , from whom the instructions came 1 . It is not unlikely that this use of EA runs back into Saxon times . It was one of the most frequent and ...
Pagina 158
... stand either insulated in the sentence , or con- nected with it by a preposition , as— ' Oh for a humbler heart and prouder song ! ' We rightly call an adjective or an adverb a part of speech , because these have no meaning by ...
... stand either insulated in the sentence , or con- nected with it by a preposition , as— ' Oh for a humbler heart and prouder song ! ' We rightly call an adjective or an adverb a part of speech , because these have no meaning by ...
Pagina 162
... standing in the language . The oldest interjections in our language are la and wa , and each of these merits a separate notice . La is that interjection which in modern English is spelt lo . It was used in Saxon times , both as an ...
... standing in the language . The oldest interjections in our language are la and wa , and each of these merits a separate notice . La is that interjection which in modern English is spelt lo . It was used in Saxon times , both as an ...
Pagina 164
... stand in my robes , and have all the people introduced to me ! ' And when Charles compares her cheeks to the ... stands for the Greek interjection oval and the Latin væ . In the same way it is used in many passages in which the ...
... stand in my robes , and have all the people introduced to me ! ' And when Charles compares her cheeks to the ... stands for the Greek interjection oval and the Latin væ . In the same way it is used in many passages in which the ...
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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