A Handbook of the English Language

Name: A Handbook of the English Language
Author: Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

English language -- Grammar; English language -- History

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A HAND-BOOK

OF

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

FOR THE USE OF

STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITIES AND
HIGHER CLASSES OF SCHOOLS.

BY

R. G. LATHAM, M.D., F.R.S.,

LATE PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE,
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

NEW-YORK: D. APPLETON & COMPANY, 443 & 445 BROADWAY. M.DCCC.LXIV.

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CONTENTS.

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  PART I.

  GENERAL ETHNOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

  CHAPTER I.

  GERMANIC ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.--DATE.

  SECTION                                       PAGE

  1. English language not British                  1
  2. Real origin German                            1
  3. Accredited immigrations and settlements       2
  4, 5. Criticism                               4, 5

  CHAPTER II.

  GERMANIC ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.--THE GERMANIC AREA OF THE
      PARTICULAR GERMANS WHO INTRODUCED IT.--EXTRACT FROM BEDA.

  6, 7. Jutes, Angles, and Saxons                  6
  8, 9. Extract from Beda                       6, 7
  10-13. Criticism                              8-11
  14, 15. Angles                              11, 12
  16. Saxons of Beda                          12, 13
  17. Anglo-Saxon area                            13
  18, 19. The Frisians                        13, 14
  20. Anglo-Saxon area                            14

  CHAPTER III.

  OF THE DIALECTS OF THE SAXON AREA, AND OF THE SO-CALLED OLD SAXON.

  21-29. Old Saxon and Anglo-Saxon            16, 17

  CHAPTER IV.

  AFFINITIES OF THE ENGLISH WITH THE LANGUAGES OF GERMANY AND SCANDINAVIA.

  30, 31. Gothic languages                        18
  32-34. Divisions of the Gothic stock            18
  35. Mœso-Gothic                                 19
  36. Old High German                             19
  37. Low German                                  19
  38. Frisian and Dutch                           19
  39. Platt-Deutsch                               20
  40, 41. Comparison                           21-23

  CHAPTER V.

  ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.--GERMANIC ELEMENTS.--THE ANGLES.

  42. Analysis                                    24
  43-54. Angles--their relations               24-28
  55, 56. The Frisians                        29, 30

  CHAPTER VI.

  THE CELTIC STOCK OF LANGUAGES AND THEIR RELATIONS TO THE ENGLISH.

  57. Branches of the Celtic stock                31
  58-60. Structure of Celtic tongues           31-33
  61-63. The Picts                             33-35

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