10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROMISSIVE»
Discover the use of
promissive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
promissive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction
But there are indications that the opposition between the two forms was
perceived to be weak and tended to be neutralized. On the one hand, the
promissive, which predictably lacked an etymological first person *g1j= j jr= j sdm
*“so that I ...
2
An English grammar for classical schools
The promissive expression brings-in the intention or will of the speaker. This
prepares us for believing that shall is the Predictive, will the Promissive, Verb.
And so they are to some extent. A man in a house a-fire says / shall be burned if I
don't ...
Robert Gordon Latham, 1861
IL these words', “ Those [Jewish] sacrifices, as promissive words, are set aside;
completive are given to us. What is the completive word that is given us? A Body,
which you [communicants] know, which all of you [catechumens] do not know: I ...
4
The Theological Works of the Rev. John Johnson
these words', “ Those [Jewish] sacrifices, as promissive words, are set aside;
completive are given to us. What is the completive word that is given us? A Body,
which you [communicants] know, which all of you [catechumens] do not know: I
wish ...
5
A smaller English grammar, by R.G. Latham and M.C. Maberly
The promissive expression brings-in the intention or will of the speaker. This
prepares us for believing that shall is the Predictive, will the Promissive, Verb.
And so they are to some extent. A man in a house a-fire says / shall be burned if I
don't ...
Robert Gordon Latham, Mary Caroline Maberly, 1861
The suffix -kwun occurs only in three speech levels as in (156). Promissive-
assurance is expressed in four speech levels with different forms. (156)
Apperceptive Promissive-assurance plain -kwun-a -ma intimate -kwun -I key
familiar -(u)msey ...
7
Language and Logic in the Post-Medieval Period
He wrote (xli) "...ad veritatem promissive sufflcit quod ex contradictorio
consequentis et antecedente fiat copulativa falsa sive sit possibilis sive
impossibilis. et ad falsitatem talis promissive sufficit quod ex contradictorio
consequentis et ...
8
Nominalization in Asian Languages: Diachronic and ...
to be directed to the speaker himself or herself, whereas assertions of promissive
are directed to the addressee. Finally, a -kes-derived sentential ending can carry
the function of announcing information in an addressee-friendly tone, a function ...
Foong Ha Yap, Karen Grunow-Hårsta, Janick Wrona, 2011
9
An elementary English grammar, for the use of schools
This prepares us for believing that shall is the Predictive, will, the Promissive,
Verb. And so they are to some extent. A man in a house a-fire says I shall be
burned if I don't get out, where assuredly there is no intention, or will, on his part.
On the ...
Robert Gordon Latham, 1860
When simple prediction is intended, the predictive shall is used in the first person
only, the auxiliary of the two other persons being the promissive will. Thus — If
three persons are in a house, and the house is on fire, although the conditions ...
Robert Gordon Latham, 1855
