PhilologyAppleton, 1879 - 164 pages |
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Page 18
... lips form a circular hole , the extremities being brought nearer ; but the lips are not moved in sounding either e or i ; therefore a speaker mindful of the coming i , and wishing half - unconsciously to spare his labour , so modified ...
... lips form a circular hole , the extremities being brought nearer ; but the lips are not moved in sounding either e or i ; therefore a speaker mindful of the coming i , and wishing half - unconsciously to spare his labour , so modified ...
Page 32
... lips . Now if the tongue be raised a very little more - so as to touch the palate - a slight g will be heard , because the tongue has unintentionally been put for a second into the exact position for g . This g may therefore be said to ...
... lips . Now if the tongue be raised a very little more - so as to touch the palate - a slight g will be heard , because the tongue has unintentionally been put for a second into the exact position for g . This g may therefore be said to ...
Page 33
... lips , and this being done carelessly in Latin kw ( qu ) was sometimes heard instead of k . A further extension took place in other languages : kw passed into p . The lips after being once employed in sound- ing the w took all the work ...
... lips , and this being done carelessly in Latin kw ( qu ) was sometimes heard instead of k . A further extension took place in other languages : kw passed into p . The lips after being once employed in sound- ing the w took all the work ...
Page 85
... lip ) , I am leaving , ' or Gothic greipa ( root grip ) , I am griping . ' The long i ( which has really the sound of ai ) is the record in modern English of the change in this word , also in shine , drive , smite , bite , rise , & c ...
... lip ) , I am leaving , ' or Gothic greipa ( root grip ) , I am griping . ' The long i ( which has really the sound of ai ) is the record in modern English of the change in this word , also in shine , drive , smite , bite , rise , & c ...
Page 87
... lip - on domon ' I left a house . ' Here we have , as we should expect , the simple root lip , denot- ing the mere action . The imperfect , on the contrary , was formed from the present base , and expressed continuous action in the past ...
... lip - on domon ' I left a house . ' Here we have , as we should expect , the simple root lip , denot- ing the mere action . The imperfect , on the contrary , was formed from the present base , and expressed continuous action in the past ...
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