A Handbook of the English Language

A Handbook of the English Language 1. The first point to be remembered in the history of...
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Author: Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon),1812-1888
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Language: English
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A Handbook of the English Language

A Handbook of the English Language

$15.40

A Handbook of the English Language

$15.40
Author: Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon),1812-1888
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Handbook of the English Language

1. The first point to be remembered in the history of the English language, is that it was not the primitive and original tongue of any of the British Islands, nor yet of any portion of them. Indeed, of the whole of Great Britain it is not the language at the present moment. Welsh is spoken in Wales, Manks in the Isle of Man, and Scotch Gaelic in the Highlands of Scotland; besides which there is the Irish Gaelic in Ireland. Its real origin is on the continent of Europe, and its real affinities are with certain languages there spoken. To speak more specifically, the native country of the [2]English language is Germany; and the Germanic languages are those that are the most closely connected with our own. In Germany, languages and dialects allied to each other and allied to the mother-tongue of the English have been spoken from times anterior to history; and these, for most purposes of philology, may be considered as the aboriginal languages and dialects of that country. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 28436
Author: Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Release Date: Mar 29, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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