 | John Walker - 1831 - 628 sider
...their own classical laws. Accent, therefore, seems to be regulated, in a great measure, by etymology. In words from the Saxon the accent is generally on...principles of accentuation ; namely, the radical, the krminational, and the distinctive. Radical Accent. —h* our language borrows BO largely from the learned... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 204 sider
...classical laws. Aei-Pn', therefore, seems to he regulated in a great measure hy etymology. In words Tiom the Saxon, the accent is generally on the root; in words from the learned languages,it is generally on the termination; and if to these we add the different accent we lay. on... | |
 | John Walker - 1834 - 682 sider
...own classical laws. 490. Accent, therefore, seems to be regulated, in a great measure, by etymology. In words from the Saxon, the accent is generally on the root ; in words from the learned languages, itis generally on the termination ; and if to these we add the different accent we lay on some words,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1835 - 244 sider
...owi; classical laws. Accent, therefore, seems to be regulated in a great measure I7y etymology. Ill words from the Saxon, the accent is generally on the...principles of accentuation.; namely, the radical, the terminalional, and the distinctive. Th« radical: as, "Love, lovely, loveliness;" the termination al... | |
 | 1836 - 362 sider
...syllable, that are usual in common discourse. Accent seems to be regulated in a great measure by etymology. In words from the Saxon, the accent is generally on...principles of accentuation ; namely, the radical, the lerminational, and the distinctice. The radical; as, "Love, lovely, loveliness:" the terminational... | |
 | John Walker - 1836 - 800 sider
...therefore., seems to be regulated, in a great measure, by etymology. In words from the ?axon, the accent ia generally on the root ; in words from the learned...principles of accentuation ; namely, the radical, the terminationol, and the distinctive. Accent on Dissyllables. 491. Every word of two syllables has necessarily... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1843 - 326 sider
...words, from thi: Saxon, the accent is generally un the root; in words from the learned langiiagei, it is generally on the termination ; and if to these...principles of accentuation ; namely, the radical, the UrniinniioiKil, and the liiitinctive. The radical: as. " Love, lovely, loveliness ;" the terminational:... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 sider
...on the root ; in words from the Classical languages, it is generally on the termination. If to tnese t Leap'd' like the roe', when it hears' in the wood'land the voice' of the huntsm spelled like them, we seem to have the three great principles of accentuation, namely, the radical,... | |
 | Henry St. John Bullen - 1853 - 318 sider
...— Envelope — Envelop. Accent (says Mr. Walker) seems in a great measure regulated by Etymology. In words from the Saxon, the accent is generally on the root. In words from the learned languages, generally on the termination. And if to these, we add the different accent we lay on some words, to... | |
 | Florence De Courcy - 1860 - 168 sider
...man ?" The stress here placed on any one of the words, as on the word " which," is called emphasis. In words from the Saxon, the accent is generally on the root, but usually on the termination when words are derived from the learned languages. In modern languages... | |
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Accent therefore seems to be regulated in a great measure by etymology. In words from the Saxon, the accent is generally on the root ; in words from the learned languages, it is generally on the termination ; and if to these we... 
