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
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
CHAPTER VI.
=PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES.=
PREFIXES.
1. English (or Teutonic) 70
2. Latin 71
3. Greek 72
SUFFIXES.
4. English (or Teutonic) 72
5. Latin 74
6. Greek 75
_LITERATURE._
=I. OUTLINE OF OUR EARLY LITERATURE.=
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1. The _Beowulf_ 76
2. Cædmon 76
3. Bæda 77
4. King Alfred 77
5. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 78
6. Archbishop Ælfric 78
7. Anglo-Saxon Gospels 78
8. Old English Dialects 79
9. First English Book after Norman Conquest 80
10. Orm’s _Ormulum_ 80
11. Langland and Chaucer 81
12. Alliteration or Head-Rhyme 82
13. John Gower 83
14. John Barbour 83
15. Sir John Mandeville 83
16. John Wicliffe 84
17. Our English Bible and its History 85
=II. TABULAR OUTLINE OF MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE= 87
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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
CHAPTER I.
=History of its Vocabulary.=
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