Growth and Structure of the English Language |
Common terms and phrases
adjective adopted adverb alliteration apophony authors back-formations belong Ben Jonson Beowulf borrowed called century Chaucer classical consonant corresponding Danes Danish derived dialect Dictionary elements Engl England English language especially Euphuism expression fact Fitzedward Hall foreign words formation French words genitive George Eliot German Germanic languages give grammar guage ideas important influence instance JESPERSEN Keltic later Latin words learned less linguistic literary loan-words loans manner meaning mentioned Middle English Milton Modern English names nation native words natural Norse noun number of words Old English Old Norse ordinary originally participle perhaps phonetic phrases plural ending poetical poetry poets preposition pronoun pronunciation prose rime Scand Scandi Scandinavian sense sentences Shakesp Shakespeare signification Similarly singular Slavic languages sometimes sound speak speech stress substantive syllable synonyms taken Tennyson tense Thackeray things thou tions tongue verb vocabulary vowel write