English as Language: Backgrounds, Development, UsageCharlton Laird, Robert M. Gorrell Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961 - 279 Seiten |
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... English are merely dif- ferences in orthography . For instance , the sign a is what Old English writers used for a vowel sound like that in modern hat or and . The th sounds or modern thin or then are represented in Old English by þ or ...
... English are merely dif- ferences in orthography . For instance , the sign a is what Old English writers used for a vowel sound like that in modern hat or and . The th sounds or modern thin or then are represented in Old English by þ or ...
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... English vocabulary between 1100 and 1500 , until at the end of that time many people must have had more French words than English at their command . This is not to say that English became French . English remained English in sound ...
... English vocabulary between 1100 and 1500 , until at the end of that time many people must have had more French words than English at their command . This is not to say that English became French . English remained English in sound ...
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... English that no longer have them ? In Middle English ? For example , what has happened to verb endings ? In Old English you can safely assume that all vowels were pronounced , but your conclusions about Middle English will be ...
... English that no longer have them ? In Middle English ? For example , what has happened to verb endings ? In Old English you can safely assume that all vowels were pronounced , but your conclusions about Middle English will be ...
Inhalt
A LANGUAGE MISCELLANY | 1 |
Subjects for Discussion | 6 |
LANGUAGE AS IT WORKS | 7 |
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adjective American American Dialect Society Beaumayns become Bible Belt Blessed borrowed called Chaucer colloquial Comm common consonant derived dialect doctrine Dryden edition Edward Sapir elements England English Dictionary English Grammar English Language etymologies Evans example expressions French German gram grammarians Greek guage hath haue heauen husband Indo-European Indo-European languages inflectional isoglosses Johnson kind knyghte Latin learned letters lexicographers linguistic London Lowth meaning Middle English Midland modern dictionaries Modern English n. s. horse names Nathaniel Bailey Noah Webster Northern noun Old English original orthography person phrase plural practice preposition probably pronounced pronunciation punctuation reason rules Saxon selection sense sentence Shakespeare slang sometimes sound speak speech spelling Substantive syllable teacher teaching thing thou tion tongue universal grammar usage verb vowel vpon Webster words write York þat þei