The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 Seiten |
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... German race , ' but if we said that English , or Dutch , or Flemish , was a ' German ' language , the term might be misleading , as we commonly employ the word German in a narrower sense , to signify the language spoken to - day in ...
... German race , ' but if we said that English , or Dutch , or Flemish , was a ' German ' language , the term might be misleading , as we commonly employ the word German in a narrower sense , to signify the language spoken to - day in ...
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... German ' language is High German . Dutch , Flemish , spoken in parts of Belgium , and Frisian , still spoken in the districts from which our ancestors came , are Low German dialects . Thus the terms High and Low , as applied to German ...
... German ' language is High German . Dutch , Flemish , spoken in parts of Belgium , and Frisian , still spoken in the districts from which our ancestors came , are Low German dialects . Thus the terms High and Low , as applied to German ...
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... German branch of the Teutonic stock . These English people came from the district north of the mouth of the Elbe at different times between A.D. 450 and 550 , and their descendants have stayed in this country ever since . 2. A.D. 600 to ...
... German branch of the Teutonic stock . These English people came from the district north of the mouth of the Elbe at different times between A.D. 450 and 550 , and their descendants have stayed in this country ever since . 2. A.D. 600 to ...
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... If we consider the ease with which long compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. 3 modern German , it seems curious that our own Teutonic CONSTITUENTS OF THE VOCABULARY . 17.
... If we consider the ease with which long compound words can be formed in 1 See Abbott and Seeley's English Lessons , p . 105 . W. E. G. 3 modern German , it seems curious that our own Teutonic CONSTITUENTS OF THE VOCABULARY . 17.
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... German dialect . Still , there are some words which we can identify as Scandinavian in their origin . We may trace the Danes on the map of England by the ending -by , which means ' town , ' as in Derby , Whitby : the same word is ...
... German dialect . Still , there are some words which we can identify as Scandinavian in their origin . We may trace the Danes on the map of England by the ending -by , which means ' town , ' as in Derby , Whitby : the same word is ...
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