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 words , but also in native words like child , much . In French the stop [ t ] was later dropped , the sound [ √ ] only remaining ; hence ch in some late loan - words comes to stand for [ S ] : machine , chaise ( which ...
... originally French words , but also in native words like child , much . In French the stop [ t ] was later dropped , the sound [ √ ] only remaining ; hence ch in some late loan - words comes to stand for [ S ] : machine , chaise ( which ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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