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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... originally kept apart by vowels distant from each other by one degree only . A few examples of each vowel may here be given , arranged according to the Middle English vowels , but written here in the modern spelling : [ i ] : bite ...
... originally kept apart by vowels distant from each other by one degree only . A few examples of each vowel may here be given , arranged according to the Middle English vowels , but written here in the modern spelling : [ i ] : bite ...
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... originally the same word . [ w ] has often been dropped after a consonant in medial posi- tion answer , conquer ( but kept in conquest ) , many place - names in -wich and -wick , e.g. Greenwich , Warwick , -wark in Southwark [ saðǝk ] ...
... originally the same word . [ w ] has often been dropped after a consonant in medial posi- tion answer , conquer ( but kept in conquest ) , many place - names in -wich and -wick , e.g. Greenwich , Warwick , -wark in Southwark [ saðǝk ] ...
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... originally French like chiefs , fiefs , griefs , though beef has the archaic beeves . The ending is also [ fs ] in words like coughs , laughs , troughs ; para- graphs , etc. Vacillation is found in the plural of scarf and wharf . Staff ...
... originally French like chiefs , fiefs , griefs , though beef has the archaic beeves . The ending is also [ fs ] in words like coughs , laughs , troughs ; para- graphs , etc. Vacillation is found in the plural of scarf and wharf . Staff ...
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