CHAPTER I

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=HISTORY OF THE VOCABULARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.=

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1. What a Language is 7

2. The English Language 7

3. Family 8

4. Teutons 8

5. High-German 9

6. Low-German 9

7. Scandinavian 10

8. The chief Teutonic Languages 10

9. Where the English came from 11

10. The Periods of English 12

11. Anglo-Saxon 12

12. Early English 13

13. Middle English 13

14. Modern English 13

15. English Words in English Language 14

16. Changes in English 15

17. Loss and Gain 16

18. Foreign Elements in English 16

19. Welsh 17

20. Keltic Element 18

21. Latin Element of First Period (i) 18

22. “ “ (ii) 19

23. Latin Element of Second Period (i) 20

24. “ “ (ii) 20

25. Scandinavian Element (i) 21

26. “ “ (ii) 22

27. “ “ (iii) 22

28. Latin Element of Third Period (i) 23

29. “ “ (ii) 24

30. “ “ (iii) 24

31. “ “ (iv) 25

32. “ “ (v) 25

33. “ “ (vi) 26

34. Synonyms from Norman-French 26

35. Bilingualism 27

36. Doublets 28

37. Doublets 28

38. Pronunciation 28

39. Latin of Fourth Period 29

40. Mouth Latin and Book Latin 30

41. Greek Doublets 32

42. English and French Words in Sentences 33

43. English Words Lost 33

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