 | Archibald Henry Sayce - 1880 - 478 Seiten
...compare was wanting to the authors of our school-grammars. " The definition of the noun," says Mr. Sweet, "applies strictly only to the nominative case. The...turning a noun into an adjective or adverb."' This fact comes clearly into view when we trace the Aryan case-endings to their origin, 3 or consider that... | |
 | Archibald Henry Sayce - 1880 - 440 Seiten
...Sweet, "applies strictly only to the nominative case. The oblique cases are really attribute -words, and inflexion is practically nothing but a device for turning a noun into an adjective or adverb." 1 This fact comes clearly into view when we trace the Aryan case-endings to their origin,2 or consider... | |
 | 1903 - 710 Seiten
...strictly only of the nominative case ; the oblique cases are really attribute words, and inflection is practically nothing but a device for turning a noun into an adjective or adverb." (2) We have now covered most of the cases of compositeness in the primary parts of speech. Without... | |
 | George John Romanes - 1888 - 488 Seiten
...strictly only to the nominative case. The oblique cases are really attribute-words, and the inflection is practically nothing but a device for turning a...is historical evidence to show that the genitive in Aryan languages was originally identical with an adjective ending ; 'man's life 'and 'human life' being... | |
 | Archibald Henry Sayce - 1890 - 440 Seiten
...compare was wanting to the authors of our school-grammars. " The definition of the noun," says Mr. Sweet, "applies strictly only to the nominative case. The...device for turning a noun into an adjective or adverb." J This fact comes clearly into view when we trace the Aryan case-endings to their origin,2 or consider... | |
 | Alfred Dwight Sheffield - 1912 - 220 Seiten
...noun-function, for the oblique cases, as Sweet remarks, "are really attribute-words, and inflection is practically nothing but a device for turning a noun into an adjective or adverb." 2 Case will therefore come up for notice in the later sections of this chapter. Predicate and Verb.... | |
 | Alfred Dwight Sheffield - 1912 - 218 Seiten
...noun-function, for the oblique cases, as Sweet remarks, "are really attribute-words, and inflection is practically nothing but a device for turning a noun into an adjective or adverb."2 Case will therefore come up for notice in the later sections of this chapter. Predicate and... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - 1925 - 374 Seiten
...the noun applies strictly only to the nominative case. The oblique cases are really attribute- words, and inflexion is practically nothing but a device...adverb. This is perfectly clear as regards the genitive. ... It is also clear that noctem in flet noctem is a pure adverb of time." Sweet did not, however,... | |
 | 348 Seiten
...deliberate substitutions for the older inflexions — the inflexions are supposed to be 'analyzed' into their simple elements. It is easy to see that...This is perfectly clear as regards the genitive, and, 1 A indicates weak stress. indeed, there is historical evidence to show that the genitive in the Aryan... | |
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It is a curious fact, hitherto overlooked by grammarians and logicians, that the definition of the noun applies strictly only to the nominative case. The oblique cases are really attribute-words, and inflexion is practically nothing but a device for turning... 