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The History of the English Language
By Oliver Farrar Emerson
436 pages
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- Macmillan
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- New York
- Publication year:
- 1894
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- I - The Relationship of English to Other Languages. 1
- Chapter I - The Indo-European Family 1
- Chapter II - The Teutonic Languages--Common Characteristics. 10
- II - The Standard Language and the Dialects. 38
- Chapter III - The Old English Period 38
- Chapter IV - The Middle English Period and the Norman Conquest. 51
- Chapter V - The Written Language and the Rise of Literary English. 69
- Chapter VI - English in Modern Times. 84
- III - The English Vocabulary. 113
- Chapter VII - The Growth of the English Vocabulary 113
- Chapter VIII - The Native Element in English. 125
- Chapter IX - The Foreign Element in English. 142
- Title Page iii
- Preface vii
- Contents xi
- Abbreviations xiii
- I - The Relationship of English to Other Languages. 1
- Chapter I - The Indo-European Family 1
- Chapter II - The Teutonic Languages--Common Characteristics. 10
- II - The Standard Language and the Dialects. 38
- Chapter III - The Old English Period 38
- Chapter IV - The Middle English Period and the Norman Conquest. 51
- Chapter V - The Written Language and the Rise of Literary English. 69
- Chapter VI - English in Modern Times. 84
- III - The English Vocabulary. 113
- Chapter VII - The Growth of the English Vocabulary 113
- Chapter VIII - The Native Element in English. 125
- Chapter IX - The Foreign Element in English. 142
- Chapter X - The Foreign Element in English (Continued). 158
- IV - The Principles of English Etymology. 180
- Chapter XI - Changes which may Affect Words 180
- Chapter XII - The History of English Vowel Sounds. 191
- Chapter XIII - Mutation and Gradation. 223
- Chapter XIV - The Consonants. 237
- Chapter XV - The English Accent. 255
- Chapter XVI - Analogy in English. 264
- V - The History of English Inflections. 278
- Chapter XVII - Inflectional Levelling in English 278
- Chapter XVIII - The Noun. 293
- Chapter XIX - The Adjective. 306
- Chapter XX - The Pronouns. 319
- Chapter XXI - The Verb. 343
- Chapter XXII - The Verb (Continued). 363
- Chapter XXIII - Adverbs and Other Participles 387
- Index 397