The Story of Our Language

1See adjective adverb already Amer American English American speech become borrowed called Celtic century Chapter Chaucer cognate colloquial common compounds consonants dative declension denote dialect diphthongs Dutch earlier English ending England English Language especially examples expressions form of speech French frequently genitive German gōd grammatical gender Greek Grimm's Law group of words H. C. Wyld idea indicate inflections influence instance large number late O.E. Latin linguistic lish literary loan-words M.E. period meaning Middle English Mod.E modern English names neuter North American North American English noun Nova Scotia number of words O.E. word occasionally Old English origin past participle past tense person phrase plural pronounced pronunciation Scand seen sense Shakespeare similar slang sometimes sound speakers spelling strong verbs survived syllable syntax tendency term Teutonic uage usage variation vocabulary vowel West Saxon write