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Wm Teodor Patrick Sturzen-Becker

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Description:Excerpt from Some Notes on the Leading Grammatical Characteristics of the Principal Early English Dialects If I were requested in a few words to mention the principal difference between Old English and Early Eng lish, this later period taken in its whole extent, it would suffice to say, that the Old English stage exhibits in its structure a language of in ection and a stock of words tolerably homogeneous, but in Early English a great deal of this in ection 'has gradually disappeared and a new vocabulary is making its way in the language. Again, if I had to point out the most noticeable changes in the old language, visible for instance in Lagamon's Brut at the beginning of the New Era, they would be as follows: The use of a or an (in the later text: on) as an article; the change of the Old English terminations -a and -an inte -o and -en, as well as the disregard of in ections and genders; the masculine forms given to neuter nouns in the plural; the neglect of the feminine terminations of adjectives and pronouns, and confusion between the definite and indefinite declensions; the in troduction of the preposition 'to' before infinitives, and occasional use of weak preterites of verbs and' of weak participles instead of strong; the constant recurrence of -on for -ou in the plurals of verbs, and frequent elision of the final 43; together with uncertainty in the rule for the government of prepositions. Further, the free use of the preposition 'o f 'as a genitive sign; with the appearence of will and shall as marking the future tense. Finally the so called nunnation which I shall treat of more fully hereafter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Some Notes on the Leading Grammatical Characteristics of the Principal Early English Dialects (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Some Notes on the Leading Grammatical Characteristics of the Principal Early English Dialects (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Some Notes on the Leading Grammatical Characteristics of the Principal Early English Dialects If I were requested in a few words to mention the principal difference between Old English and Early Eng lish, this later period taken in its whole extent, it would suffice to say, that the Old English stage exhibits in its structure a language of in ection and a stock of words tolerably homogeneous, but in Early English a great deal of this in ection 'has gradually disappeared and a new vocabulary is making its way in the language. Again, if I had to point out the most noticeable changes in the old language, visible for instance in Lagamon's Brut at the beginning of the New Era, they would be as follows: The use of a or an (in the later text: on) as an article; the change of the Old English terminations -a and -an inte -o and -en, as well as the disregard of in ections and genders; the masculine forms given to neuter nouns in the plural; the neglect of the feminine terminations of adjectives and pronouns, and confusion between the definite and indefinite declensions; the in troduction of the preposition 'to' before infinitives, and occasional use of weak preterites of verbs and' of weak participles instead of strong; the constant recurrence of -on for -ou in the plurals of verbs, and frequent elision of the final 43; together with uncertainty in the rule for the government of prepositions. Further, the free use of the preposition 'o f 'as a genitive sign; with the appearence of will and shall as marking the future tense. Finally the so called nunnation which I shall treat of more fully hereafter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Some Notes on the Leading Grammatical Characteristics of the Principal Early English Dialects (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Some Notes on the Leading Grammatical Characteristics of the Principal Early English Dialects (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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