The Origins and Development of the English LanguageHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971 - 413 páginas |
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Facts Assumptions | 1 |
The Sounds and Spelling | 29 |
The Backgrounds of English | 78 |
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Términos y frases comunes
acquired adjective alphabet American English American speech became British English called Chaucer cited cognate compound consonant course dative declension dialects Dictionary diphthongs distinction doubtless earlier early Modern English ending England English Grammar English language English words example fact final frequently fricative genitive Germanic languages Greek guages H. C. Wyld H. L. Mencken Hans Kurath hence History indicate Indo-European Indo-European languages inflectional initial instance Italian Jespersen later Latin less linguistic lish loan-words London masculine meaning medial Middle English Middle English period Midland neuter nominative nominative-accusative nouns occur Old English Old French older origin past participle phonetic plural forms preterit pronounced pronunciation Roman Sanskrit Scandinavian seventeenth century shift sometimes sound speakers spelling spoken Standard British English stress strong verbs suffix survives syllables third person thou tion ultimately unstressed usage usually variant writing written York