 English is both a homogeneous and a synthetic language, — homogeneous in its vocabulary, synthetic in its grammatical structure. It has since, though of course always operated upon, like everything human, by the law of gradual change, undergone only...  The Wonders of Optics - Page 5by Fulgence Marion - 1870 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 636 pages
...in which it is known to us the English is both a lunnogeneous and a synthetic language—homogeneous in its vocabulary, synthetic in its grammatical structure....language has thus passed may be considered to have como to an end in the eleventh century; the second, in the thirteenth century; the third is that in... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 626 pages
...designated : — the First, that of Pure or Simple English ; the Second, that of Broken or Semi -English ; the Third, that of Mixed, or Compound, or Composite...the thirteenth century ; the third is that in which it still is. In another paper, published in the Dublin University Magazine for October, 1857, I applied... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1864 - 170 pages
...Modern English. The three successive and distinct states or forms may be most properly designated:—the First, that of Pure or Simple English; the Second,...SemiEnglish; the Third, that of Mixed or Compound English.* But the following Table gives us a convenient enough technical division (convenient to be... | |
 | 1865 - 688 pages
...homogeneous, but has become both analytic in its grammar, and composite in its vocabulary. The fnrms may be conveniently designated; the first, that of...second, that of Broken or Semi-English ; the third, ihat of Mixed, or Compound, or Composite English. The first of the three stages through which the language... | |
 | Achille Cazin - Heat - 1868 - 306 pages
...accuracy of detail, Professor Craik's great work stands without a rival among similar treatises. Pro£ Craik's method of treating this subject is peculiarly...the thirteenth century ; the third is that in which it still is." Prof. Craik's treatise is devoted to this " third form of the language," as he defines... | |
 | Achille Auguste Cazin - Heat - 1869 - 334 pages
...designated : — the first, that of pure or simple English ; the second, that of broken or semi-EngHsh ; the third, that of mixed or compound or composite...the thirteenth century ; the third is that in which it still is." Prof. Craik's treatise is devoted to this " third form of the language," as he defines... | |
 | Theodor Mommsen - Rome - 1870 - 618 pages
...College, Belfast Two volumes, 8vo ; half calf, $ 12 oo; cloth . $7 50 In extent and exhaust i vencss of research, in breadth of scope as well as in minuteness...the thirteenth century ; the third is that in which it still is." Prof. Craik's treatise is devoted to this " third form of the language," as he defines... | |
 | Auguste Le Pileur - Anatomy - 1870 - 316 pages
...in which it is known to us the English is both a homogeneous and a synthetic language,—homogeneous in its vocabulary, synthetic in its grammatical structure....the thirteenth century ; the third is that in which it still is." Prof. Craik's treatise is devoted to this " third form of the language," as he defines... | |
 | Louis Viardot - Art, Italian - 1870 - 364 pages
...designated : — the first, that of pure or simple English ; the second, that of broken or semi-English j the third, that of mixed or compound or composite...considered to have come to an end in the eleventh century j the second in the thirteenth century ; the third is that in which it still is." Prof. Craik's treatise... | |
 | Theodor Mommsen - Rome - 1871 - 590 pages
...Belfast Two volumes, 8 vo ; half calf, $12 oo; cloth . $7 50 In extent and exhaust! veness of reseat ch, in breadth of scope as well as in minuteness and accuracy...the thirteenth century ; the third is that in which it sti'l is." Prof. Craik's treatise is devoted to this " third form of the language," as he defines... | |
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