 | Goold Brown - 1826 - 122 pàgines
...some idea. In every word there are as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a...syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. A diphthong is two vowels joined... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1829 - 120 pàgines
...sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyfla We ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative.... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1830 - 124 pàgines
...articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 128 pàgines
...articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable, a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative.... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - 1830 - 490 pàgines
...expressive of significant sound, simple or compound. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of more than three syllables is called a polysyllable. The last term, however, is frequently... | |
 | Lorenzo F. Hamlin - 1833 - 116 pàgines
...the sound which the bird makes : bees hum, flies buzz, serpents hiss, water flows, hail rattles, &c. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ;...a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative : a primitive word is the root whence the derivative springs... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 176 pàgines
...zh, as in glazier, pronounced gla-zhur. OF WORDS. The elements of words are syllables and letters. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ;...word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; a word of more than three syllables, a polysyllable. Every word, of more than one syllable, has one accented... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 246 pàgines
...a single impulse of the voice; as, a, an, ant. A word of one syllable, is termed a Monosyl lable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of...a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. III. WORDS. Words are articulate sounds, •used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. Words are... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1833 - 150 pàgines
...expressing an idea; — as man, woman, virtue. A word of one syllable, is called a monasyllable; — a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; — a word...a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. To which of these classes of words does your name belong? Teacher? Book? Liberty? Grammar? Geography?... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1833 - 240 pàgines
...a single impulse of the voice; as, a, an, ant. A word of one syllable, is termed a Monosyl lable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of...a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. [II. WORDS. Words are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. Words are of... | |
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A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable, a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is... 
