Chapter I: =history of the Vocabulary of the English Language.=

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1. What a Language is 7

2. The English Language 7

3. Family 8

4. Teutons 8

5. High-German 9

6. Low-German 9

7. Scandinavian 10

8. The chief Teutonic Languages 10

9. Where the English came from 11

10. The Periods of English 12

11. Anglo-Saxon 12

12. Early English 13

13. Middle English 13

14. Modern English 13

15. English Words in English Language 14

16. Changes in English 15

17. Loss and Gain 16

18. Foreign Elements in English 16

19. Welsh 17

20. Keltic Element 18

21. Latin Element of First Period (i) 18

22. “ “ (ii) 19

23. Latin Element of Second Period (i) 20

24. “ “ (ii) 20

25. Scandinavian Element (i) 21

26. “ “ (ii) 22

27. “ “ (iii) 22

28. Latin Element of Third Period (i) 23

29. “ “ (ii) 24

30. “ “ (iii) 24

31. “ “ (iv) 25

32. “ “ (v) 25

33. “ “ (vi) 26

34. Synonyms from Norman-French 26

35. Bilingualism 27

36. Doublets 28

37. Doublets 28

38. Pronunciation 28

39. Latin of Fourth Period 29

40. Mouth Latin and Book Latin 30

41. Greek Doublets 32

42. English and French Words in Sentences 33

43. English Words Lost 33

CHAPTER II.

=HISTORY OF THE GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH.=

1. An Inflected Language 34

2. Grammar of Nouns 35

3. Grammar of Adjectives 35

4. Grammar of Definite Article 35

5. Grammar of Personal Pronoun 36

6. Grammar of Verbs 36

7. Fragments of Noun Inflections 36

8. “ Adjective Inflections 37

9. “ Pronoun Inflections 37

10. “ Verb Inflections 37

11. “ Inflections in Adverbs 38

12. “ Inflections in Prepositions 39

CHAPTER III.

=CHANGES IN MODERN ENGLISH.=

1. Formation of Modern English 39

2. Continued History 39

3. Spanish and Italian 40

4. Dutch Words 41

5. Latin and Teutonic Element 41

6. Influences affecting our Language at the present time 42

CHAPTER IV.

1. Words adopted from Foreign Languages 43

2. Chief Dates in the History of the English Language 45

CHAPTER V.

=NOTES ON THE GROWTH OF ENGLISH WORDS.=

1. Roots; Influence of Imitation on Language 46

2. Hybrids 46

3. Words disguised in Form or in Meaning 48

4. Words that have changed their Meaning 53

5. Words from the Names of Persons 54

6. Words from Names of Places 55

7. English (or Teutonic) Roots 56

8. Latin Roots 57

9. Greek Roots 63

10. Branching of Words from Latin Stems 65

11. Branching of Words from English Stems 69