Outline of the history of the English language and literature — John Shaqi
Outline of the history of the English language and literatureAnonymous
History
Outline of the history of the English language and literature
Anonymous
English language -- History; English literature -- History and criticism
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
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