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... normal glide before palatal consonant - group . The shortening of long vowels : §58 . A characteristic feature of MHE scribal practice was the doubling of consonants which were historically single ; where this is found after a long ...
... normal glide before palatal consonant - group . The shortening of long vowels : §58 . A characteristic feature of MHE scribal practice was the doubling of consonants which were historically single ; where this is found after a long ...
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... normal in present - day Hiberno- English . There are a few instances in our texts : shuttene ' shutting ' ( i 37 ) , coggin ' cogging ' ( vii 137 ) , housh - kepin ' house - keeping ' ( xv 44 ) , livein ' living ' ( xv 44 ) , stockins ...
... normal in present - day Hiberno- English . There are a few instances in our texts : shuttene ' shutting ' ( i 37 ) , coggin ' cogging ' ( vii 137 ) , housh - kepin ' house - keeping ' ( xv 44 ) , livein ' living ' ( xv 44 ) , stockins ...
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... normal tenses , even when the concept of continuing action ( the normal implication of the " progressive " tenses ) is lacking . In some of our texts we do indeed find such formations . Many of the instances are complicated by other ...
... normal tenses , even when the concept of continuing action ( the normal implication of the " progressive " tenses ) is lacking . In some of our texts we do indeed find such formations . Many of the instances are complicated by other ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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