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Introduction to the study of the history of language

Note 205 — Chapter XX · THE DIVISION OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH.

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It will be noted that in these examples, the more they are usual the more they appear as compounds, and the less clearly and definitely we feel the force of the first noun as adjectival; cf. a maiden over with a maiden speech.

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