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, 1855 - 754 pages |
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... Object of a Literal Notation 200 199 181. English and other Alphabets 201 182. Classification of the Ele- mentary Signs .... 199 CHAPTER II . ... 202 THE RELATIONS OF THE LETTERS TO THE ELEMENTARY SOUNDS . 183. Vowel Letters - A 204 ...
... Object of a Literal Notation 200 199 181. English and other Alphabets 201 182. Classification of the Ele- mentary Signs .... 199 CHAPTER II . ... 202 THE RELATIONS OF THE LETTERS TO THE ELEMENTARY SOUNDS . 183. Vowel Letters - A 204 ...
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... object is transitively applied to other objects . A language thus grows by grafts from without and by germs from within . This law of growth in the English language is more strikingly seen in some epochs than in others ; as , for ...
... object is transitively applied to other objects . A language thus grows by grafts from without and by germs from within . This law of growth in the English language is more strikingly seen in some epochs than in others ; as , for ...
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... objects , and a help to the understanding ; on the contrary , we must go back more care- fully to a consideration of its origin , so nearly connected with the subjective mental activity , and to its reciprocal action there- upon ...
... objects , and a help to the understanding ; on the contrary , we must go back more care- fully to a consideration of its origin , so nearly connected with the subjective mental activity , and to its reciprocal action there- upon ...
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... object is projected upon the receiving mind in an image that is true , distinct , and bright , or in one that is ... objects to which it is applied . A language borrows its character , first , from the minds of those who use it in view ...
... object is projected upon the receiving mind in an image that is true , distinct , and bright , or in one that is ... objects to which it is applied . A language borrows its character , first , from the minds of those who use it in view ...
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... object , and then to a spiritual one , he often meets with this " fossil poetry , " which is to him a medal of the nation , or of the race , just as the other is to the geologist a " medal of the crea- tion . " The word God means the ...
... object , and then to a spiritual one , he often meets with this " fossil poetry , " which is to him a medal of the nation , or of the race , just as the other is to the geologist a " medal of the crea- tion . " The word God means the ...
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accent adjective ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon branch breath called Celtic Celts character classification combination common Compose a sentence compound Conquest CONSONANT SOUNDS consonantal elements consonantal sounds Danish dative denotes dialect Diphthong diversities elementary sound England English language etymological euphony express family of languages Finnic French Frisians Gaelic German Give glish Gothic language grammar Greek GRIMM's law guage Icelandic Improper Diphthong Italian kings Latin language Latin words long sound Low Germanic means mind mouth nasal nations natural Norman Norman Conquest Norman-French nouns objects origin orthoepy orthography peculiarities Philippe de Thaun phonetic elements plural pronounced pronunciation QUESTIONS UNDER CHAPTER race relation represented Roman Sanscrit Saxon Scandinavian Shemitic short sound Slavonic sometimes sonant SPECIMEN spoken language stock of languages surd syllable term Teutonic th in thin thee things thou tion tongue verbs vocal voice vowel vowel sounds Welsh word derived καὶ
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