Essentials of English GrammarUniversity of Alabama Press, 1964 - 387 Seiten A classic of English grammar, Essentials of English Grammar provides a common ground for the traditionalist and the structural or descriptive linguist. Jespersen's work provides insight into the fundamental concepts that underlie the linguistic approach, but at the same time the foundation of the traditional approach is retained. |
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... become [ x ] , e.g. hat , sad , man , act , etc. , and in most cases the short [ u ] has become [ A ] , i.e. has been unrounded and lowered , e.g. up , nut , some , touch . In some words , however , [ u ] has been kept , especially ...
... become [ x ] , e.g. hat , sad , man , act , etc. , and in most cases the short [ u ] has become [ A ] , i.e. has been unrounded and lowered , e.g. up , nut , some , touch . In some words , however , [ u ] has been kept , especially ...
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... become monosyllables at a time when e was not yet dropped in the ordinary plurals . 5.6 . The combination [ ks ] has become voiced , i.e. [ gz ] , after a weak syllable ; hence the alternation between voiceless and voiced consonants in ...
... become monosyllables at a time when e was not yet dropped in the ordinary plurals . 5.6 . The combination [ ks ] has become voiced , i.e. [ gz ] , after a weak syllable ; hence the alternation between voiceless and voiced consonants in ...
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... become took , hobbles and hobble become hobbled ) , but not the other parts of speech ; further , that took and hobbled are alike in the singular and plural . If now we apply these and similar tests to some of the words that were given ...
... become took , hobbles and hobble become hobbled ) , but not the other parts of speech ; further , that took and hobbled are alike in the singular and plural . If now we apply these and similar tests to some of the words that were given ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expressed felt fool French frequent genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind king lady language live look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note one's originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possessive pronoun possible predicative prepositional group present preterit primary pronouns prop-word question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling stantive stress substantive superlative syllable tendency tertiary Thackeray thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing