The English Language: A Historical ReaderAppleton-Century-Crofts, 1968 - 224 Seiten "My aim has been to provide texts that illustrate the general developments of English (particularly in the form of parallel versions of the same original), in the hope that students will be enabled to support their general observations with a full knowledge of the linguistic facts." [Preface]. |
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... passages , in which a common original lies behind each of the English translations . In some cases the originals may have differed slightly . For instance , in the passages from the Bible , the Old and Middle English translators used ...
... passages , in which a common original lies behind each of the English translations . In some cases the originals may have differed slightly . For instance , in the passages from the Bible , the Old and Middle English translators used ...
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... passages do not give many examples of the simplification of noun declension . By the time of the ME passage all the features are those of modern declension ( e.g. , 1 dagum , daies , dayes ) , and none of the examples illustrate the ...
... passages do not give many examples of the simplification of noun declension . By the time of the ME passage all the features are those of modern declension ( e.g. , 1 dagum , daies , dayes ) , and none of the examples illustrate the ...
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... passages . In accordance with the practice of most modern editors I have printed the OE w - rune ( wynn ) as w , and the OE flat - topped 3 as g . In all later passages ( except those provided with modern punctuation by their modern ...
... passages . In accordance with the practice of most modern editors I have printed the OE w - rune ( wynn ) as w , and the OE flat - topped 3 as g . In all later passages ( except those provided with modern punctuation by their modern ...
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Abraham adverbs autem azen Bethlehem Boethius child cild clause clepide CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY cuman cwæð Cyneheard Đã dæt dagum declension disciples dixit Drihtnes ðū ealle earth eate English Bible eorðan ergo erthe folc Gavin Douglas Gloys grammar grammatical gender Hælend haue heora Herod hine hwæt Iesus inflexions Isaac Jesus Jhesus King James kyng land language Latin Lord Middle English modern Note noun ofer Old English parataxis passages plural prepositions pronoun puple quae quod sayde vnto schal schulen sẽ secge seide sone sonne subj subjunctive super swā terrae texts thee Therfor thou schalt translation trēowe Trevisa verb vnto vowel vpon Vulgate wæron wæs weren whanne wolde woman word order Wycliffite þā þæs þæt þām þat þei þonne þū