The Philology of the English TongueClarendon Press, 1871 - 599 pagine |
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Pagina 59
... of our literary language opened the way for much of west - country style that never could have been admitted unless such an interruption had taken place . It has already been shewn above that the Saxon literary OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 59.
... of our literary language opened the way for much of west - country style that never could have been admitted unless such an interruption had taken place . It has already been shewn above that the Saxon literary OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 59.
Pagina 62
... never fails in sh , but rather strengthens it by the spelling sch , as scharpe , schild , schal , schame , & c .; whereas the Gloucester dialect eludes the h in such instances , and writes ss , as ssolde should ; ssipes = ships ; ssriue ...
... never fails in sh , but rather strengthens it by the spelling sch , as scharpe , schild , schal , schame , & c .; whereas the Gloucester dialect eludes the h in such instances , and writes ss , as ssolde should ; ssipes = ships ; ssriue ...
Pagina 73
... Never- thelatter my brothers mainy [ company ] have I seyn , which is right a tal meyny . And so schal ye se of thaym that be of yowr other Captaines leding , of which I sende yow al the names in a rolle , be [ by ] the berer of this ...
... Never- thelatter my brothers mainy [ company ] have I seyn , which is right a tal meyny . And so schal ye se of thaym that be of yowr other Captaines leding , of which I sende yow al the names in a rolle , be [ by ] the berer of this ...
Pagina 75
... never a worse man than his father , nor less in might , to support his poor men to ( obtain their ) rights , and to understand good counsel ; for to guide and direct all England — of good knights shall not him fail . Though my tongue ...
... never a worse man than his father , nor less in might , to support his poor men to ( obtain their ) rights , and to understand good counsel ; for to guide and direct all England — of good knights shall not him fail . Though my tongue ...
Pagina 77
... never had any other meaning than that Chaucer's language was free from those foreign materials which got into the English of some cen- turies later . Compare Chaucer with the provincial English writers of his own day , and he will be ...
... never had any other meaning than that Chaucer's language was free from those foreign materials which got into the English of some cen- turies later . Compare Chaucer with the provincial English writers of his own day , and he will be ...
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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