The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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... The Norman Conquest . The Normans , who established themselves in our country in A.D. 1066 , were originally , like the Danes , Northmen or Scandinavians . But they had been settled on French soil for about HISTORICAL SURVEY . 5.
... The Norman Conquest . The Normans , who established themselves in our country in A.D. 1066 , were originally , like the Danes , Northmen or Scandinavians . But they had been settled on French soil for about HISTORICAL SURVEY . 5.
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Alfred Slater West. But they had been settled on French soil for about 150 years and had acquired a French dialect , the French of northern France , called the langue d'oil . The word oïl , the same word as oui , signifies yes . The ...
Alfred Slater West. But they had been settled on French soil for about 150 years and had acquired a French dialect , the French of northern France , called the langue d'oil . The word oïl , the same word as oui , signifies yes . The ...
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... French influence was strong ; under William III . , Dutch influence was strong . And we may therefore expect to find Spanish and French and Dutch words , which secured a footing in our language at these times . But such words are few ...
... French influence was strong ; under William III . , Dutch influence was strong . And we may therefore expect to find Spanish and French and Dutch words , which secured a footing in our language at these times . But such words are few ...
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... French . At a later date we borrowed a few more from Welsh , from Irish , and from Gaelic , the language spoken in the Highlands of Scotland , all of which belong to the Keltic group . But our indebtedness to Keltic is small . We may ...
... French . At a later date we borrowed a few more from Welsh , from Irish , and from Gaelic , the language spoken in the Highlands of Scotland , all of which belong to the Keltic group . But our indebtedness to Keltic is small . We may ...
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... French , though it con- tained a considerable Keltic element , was in the main a language of Latin origin . Hence we may say that the words which we owe to our Norman conquerors are Latin words which have come into the language ...
... French , though it con- tained a considerable Keltic element , was in the main a language of Latin origin . Hence we may say that the words which we owe to our Norman conquerors are Latin words which have come into the language ...
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