The Story of Our Language

adjective adverb Amer American English American speech borrowed British and American C. L. Wrenn called Celtic century Chaucer cognate colloquial common compounds consonants dative declension denote dialect Dictionary diphthongs earlier English ending England English Language English words especially examples expressions form of speech French German Greek Grimm's Law group of words guage H. C. Wyld H. L. Mencken idea inflections instance large number late M.E. Latin linguistic lish literary loan-words M.E. period meaning Mod.E Modern English names North American North American English noun Nova Scotia number of words O.E. word Old English origin Oxford past participle past tense person phonetic phrase plural prefix pronounced pronunciation rime Scand seen sense Shakespeare similar slang sometimes sound speakers spelling strong verbs survived syllable syntax tendency term Teutonic tion usage vocabulary vowel West Saxon write