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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... short initial consonant of " No ! " may be considerably length- ened . It should be distinctly understood that the length denoted in phonetic script is only relative , not absolute , thus the long [ i ] in beat as contrasted with the short ...
... short initial consonant of " No ! " may be considerably length- ened . It should be distinctly understood that the length denoted in phonetic script is only relative , not absolute , thus the long [ i ] in beat as contrasted with the short ...
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... short [ æ ] : valve , camp , ample , cant , scant , pantry , finance , fancy , gland , abandon , pander . We have a certain number of alternations between [ ei ] as the normal continuation of ME . [ a ] , and the recent [ a ] : bathe ...
... short [ æ ] : valve , camp , ample , cant , scant , pantry , finance , fancy , gland , abandon , pander . We have a certain number of alternations between [ ei ] as the normal continuation of ME . [ a ] , and the recent [ a ] : bathe ...
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... short i , u , and e ( in so far as this had not become a ) have fallen together , and we have now the same vowel [ ə ] resulting from the vowel and r in bird , word , herd = heard [ bǝ'd , wǝ'd , he'd ] ; other examples are mirth ...
... short i , u , and e ( in so far as this had not become a ) have fallen together , and we have now the same vowel [ ə ] resulting from the vowel and r in bird , word , herd = heard [ bǝ'd , wǝ'd , he'd ] ; other examples are mirth ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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