English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a History of Its Origin and Development : Designed for Use in Colleges and SchoolsHarper, 1873 - 796 páginas |
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... text , which informs him that the word is used in the same form in both numbers . So important did Dr. Johnson and Dr. Webster consider a grammar as a complement to a dictionary , that each prefixed one to CHAPTER Section CHAPTER.
... text , which informs him that the word is used in the same form in both numbers . So important did Dr. Johnson and Dr. Webster consider a grammar as a complement to a dictionary , that each prefixed one to CHAPTER Section CHAPTER.
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... CHAPTER I. GENERAL RELATIONS OF LANGUAGE . 1. Definition of Language .... 2. Origin of Language Page Section 33 15. Numerals .... Page 45 34 16. Diversities in Languages .... 46 35 17. Causes of Diversities in Lan- 3. Growth of Language ...
... CHAPTER I. GENERAL RELATIONS OF LANGUAGE . 1. Definition of Language .... 2. Origin of Language Page Section 33 15. Numerals .... Page 45 34 16. Diversities in Languages .... 46 35 17. Causes of Diversities in Lan- 3. Growth of Language ...
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... CHAPTER III . THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 60. Origin of the Ethnographical Elements .... 61. Introduction of the Celtic El- 76 68. Language before the coming of the Normans ... 84 69 . Introduction of the Danish ...
... CHAPTER III . THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 60. Origin of the Ethnographical Elements .... 61. Introduction of the Celtic El- 76 68. Language before the coming of the Normans ... 84 69 . Introduction of the Danish ...
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... CHAPTER VI . CHARACTER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 98. English Language compo- 103. English Grammar and the 130 Anglo - Saxon ... 131 104. Stability of the English Lan- site .... 134 99. Copiousness .. 100. Number of Anglo - Saxon Words ...
... CHAPTER VI . CHARACTER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . 98. English Language compo- 103. English Grammar and the 130 Anglo - Saxon ... 131 104. Stability of the English Lan- site .... 134 99. Copiousness .. 100. Number of Anglo - Saxon Words ...
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... CHAPTER II . THE PHONETIC ELEMENTS IN COMBINATION . Section 132. Pronounceable tions ..... Page Section Combina- 135. Importance of the Fact first 133. Unpronounceable Combina- Page stated ... tions ... 134. A change of Elements in ...
... CHAPTER II . THE PHONETIC ELEMENTS IN COMBINATION . Section 132. Pronounceable tions ..... Page Section Combina- 135. Importance of the Fact first 133. Unpronounceable Combina- Page stated ... tions ... 134. A change of Elements in ...
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accent adjective adverb ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon breath C. S. Note called Celtic Celts classification combination common compound conjunction CONSONANT SOUNDS consonantal elements consonantal sounds copula Danish dative denotes dialect Diphthong elementary sound England English language equivalent etymological euphony express French gender genitive German Give glish Gothic Gothic language grammar Greek Greek language guage inflection Italian king Latin language Latin words letters logical loved meaning mind mode Norman noun object origin orthoepy participle person Philippe de Thaun phonetic elements plural predicate prefix preposition present preterit pronoun pronunciation proposition QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER race relation represented Roman roots Sanscrit Saxon sentence Shemitic singular sometimes sonant SPECIMEN speech spoken language stock of languages substantive suffix surd syllable taken term termination Teutonic th in thin thing thou tion tive tongue transitive verb verb vocal voice vowel vowel sounds whence writing καὶ
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