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... of the Native over the Foreign elements Early English Dialects CHAPTER III . Periods of the Language PAGE } 3 • 5 66778 10 12 13 16 21 24 27 333333 31 Sounds and Letters CHAPTER IV . Classification of Consonants Number.
... of the Native over the Foreign elements Early English Dialects CHAPTER III . Periods of the Language PAGE } 3 • 5 66778 10 12 13 16 21 24 27 333333 31 Sounds and Letters CHAPTER IV . Classification of Consonants Number.
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Richard Morris. Sounds and Letters CHAPTER IV . Classification of Consonants Number of Elementary Sounds in the English Alphabet . Imperfections of the English Alphabet CHAPTER V. PAGE 35 • 37 39 40 Permutation of Sounds · Grimm's Law ...
Richard Morris. Sounds and Letters CHAPTER IV . Classification of Consonants Number of Elementary Sounds in the English Alphabet . Imperfections of the English Alphabet CHAPTER V. PAGE 35 • 37 39 40 Permutation of Sounds · Grimm's Law ...
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... 1485 to the present time . We might subdivide this period into two parts , calling the language in the earlier period from 1485 to 1600 Tudor English . CHAPTER IV . Sounds and Letters . ( 1 ) 34 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . [ Chap .
... 1485 to the present time . We might subdivide this period into two parts , calling the language in the earlier period from 1485 to 1600 Tudor English . CHAPTER IV . Sounds and Letters . ( 1 ) 34 HISTORICAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR . [ Chap .
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Richard Morris. CHAPTER IV . Sounds and Letters . ( 1 ) LETTERS . 51. Letters are conventional signs employed to represent sounds . They have grown out of the old pictorial mode of writing , and were at first abbre- viated pictures.1 In ...
Richard Morris. CHAPTER IV . Sounds and Letters . ( 1 ) LETTERS . 51. Letters are conventional signs employed to represent sounds . They have grown out of the old pictorial mode of writing , and were at first abbre- viated pictures.1 In ...
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Richard Morris. = = The oldest English alphabet consisted of twenty- four ' letters , all except three being Roman characters : Þ , ( thorn th ) ; and p ( wên w ) , are Runic letters ; , is merely a crossed d used instead of the thorn ...
Richard Morris. = = The oldest English alphabet consisted of twenty- four ' letters , all except three being Roman characters : Þ , ( thorn th ) ; and p ( wên w ) , are Runic letters ; , is merely a crossed d used instead of the thorn ...
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