The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1893 - 288 pages |
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... German race , ' but if we said that English , or Dutch , or Flemish , was a ' German ' language , the term might be misleading , as we commonly employ the word German in a narrower sense , to signify the language spoken to - day in ...
... German race , ' but if we said that English , or Dutch , or Flemish , was a ' German ' language , the term might be misleading , as we commonly employ the word German in a narrower sense , to signify the language spoken to - day in ...
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... German ' language is High German . Dutch , Flemish , spoken in parts of Belgium , and Frisian , still spoken in the districts from which our ancestors came , are Low German dialects . Thus the terms High and Low , as applied to German ...
... German ' language is High German . Dutch , Flemish , spoken in parts of Belgium , and Frisian , still spoken in the districts from which our ancestors came , are Low German dialects . Thus the terms High and Low , as applied to German ...
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... German is a High- German language . Then again the languages of Iceland , Norway , Sweden , and Denmark , form a third group , which we call Scandinavian . The Teutonic stock is thus sub- divided into three branches , viz . Low - German ...
... German is a High- German language . Then again the languages of Iceland , Norway , Sweden , and Denmark , form a third group , which we call Scandinavian . The Teutonic stock is thus sub- divided into three branches , viz . Low - German ...
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