The Story of Our Language

adjective adverb Amer American English American speech borrowed British and American called Canterbury Tales Celtic century Chaucer cognate colloquial common compound consonants dative declension denote dialect Dictionary Dutch earlier English ending England English Language especially examples expressions form of speech French German grammatical gender Greek Grimm's Law group of words H. C. Wyld H. W. Fowler Hans Kurath Harold Orton idea inflections instance large number late M.E. Latin literary loan-words M.E. period meaning Middle English Mod.E Modern English North America noun number of words occasionally Old English origin Oxford past tense person phonetic phrase plural prefix pronounced pronunciation Romeo Romeo and Juliet Scand seen sense Shakespeare slang sometimes sound speakers spelling Standard English strong verbs survived syllable syntax tendency term Teutonic Troilus and Criseyde usage vocabulary vowel write のこと の名から 原注