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... elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like the German , Dutch , Swedish , Danish , and others . These again make one great branch in that great family of languages , which , as it extends from India westward , and covers nearly ...
... elements , it is still a Teutonic language , like the German , Dutch , Swedish , Danish , and others . These again make one great branch in that great family of languages , which , as it extends from India westward , and covers nearly ...
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... element into Anglo - Saxon and English . But the fact is quite the contrary . The Celtic words in English are altogether few in number : most of them as bard , druid , crowd ( a fiddle ) , etc. - belong to objects which are specially ...
... element into Anglo - Saxon and English . But the fact is quite the contrary . The Celtic words in English are altogether few in number : most of them as bard , druid , crowd ( a fiddle ) , etc. - belong to objects which are specially ...
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James Hadley. for its regularity . extent arisen from the mixture of different elements in the language . Neither the Anglo - Saxon ortho- graphy nor the Norman - French was distinguished But when the two were thrown together , the ...
James Hadley. for its regularity . extent arisen from the mixture of different elements in the language . Neither the Anglo - Saxon ortho- graphy nor the Norman - French was distinguished But when the two were thrown together , the ...
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... ideas , and relations , which are continually appearing and demanding expression . The resources of the English for the formation of new words from elements already existing in it are so limited that aid from other 46 A BRIEF HISTORY OF.
... ideas , and relations , which are continually appearing and demanding expression . The resources of the English for the formation of new words from elements already existing in it are so limited that aid from other 46 A BRIEF HISTORY OF.
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... Elements . There is no language , propably , in which all the words are formed by its own processes from roots that originally belonged to it . What is peculiar to the English is not that it has words borrowed from other languages , but ...
... Elements . There is no language , propably , in which all the words are formed by its own processes from roots that originally belonged to it . What is peculiar to the English is not that it has words borrowed from other languages , but ...
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