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... words appear to have postponed stress : a - ceers ' acres ' fa - deers ' fathers ' ( 47 ) , va - teer ' water ' fa - deer ' father ' ( 93 , 105 ) . So far all the words in question have been English words , but the next rhyme introduces ...
... words appear to have postponed stress : a - ceers ' acres ' fa - deers ' fathers ' ( 47 ) , va - teer ' water ' fa - deer ' father ' ( 93 , 105 ) . So far all the words in question have been English words , but the next rhyme introduces ...
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... words passed from Irish into English : there are , for instance , only five Irish words in the whole of the Kildare Poems [ Heuser ( 1904 ) 12 ] . Until about 1600 the only Irish words with any wide currency in English were those which ...
... words passed from Irish into English : there are , for instance , only five Irish words in the whole of the Kildare Poems [ Heuser ( 1904 ) 12 ] . Until about 1600 the only Irish words with any wide currency in English were those which ...
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... words was a characteristic of the dialect of Forth , and this observation is confirmed by Barnes ; though Stani- hurst's words leave some doubt whether he is attributing postponed stress to Fingall as well as to the Wexford baronies ...
... words was a characteristic of the dialect of Forth , and this observation is confirmed by Barnes ; though Stani- hurst's words leave some doubt whether he is attributing postponed stress to Fingall as well as to the Wexford baronies ...
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THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND II | 11 |
DESCRIPTION OF THE TEXTS | 31 |
TEXTS | 76 |
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