Lectures on the English Language

accent adjective alliteration ancient Anglo-Saxon articulation belonging Ben Jonson Bible century character Chaucer classical common composition compound consonants derived dialect diction dictionary distinct early elements employed England English language English words etymology example exist expression fact familiar foreign French gender German Gothic Gothic languages grammatical Greek guage Hence Icelandic important inflections influence instances intellectual Italian language Latin Layamon Lecture less letters linguistic literature meaning modern moral nations native noun obsolete occur original Ormulum orthoepy orthography participle particles period persons philological phrase Piers Ploughman plural poetic poetry possessive present primitive printed pronounced pronunciation prose prosody radical reference remarkable respect rhymes Robert of Gloucester Romance roots rule Saxon sense Shakespeare signification sound speak speech strong inflection syllable syntactical syntax thing thought tion tongue translation verb verbal verse vocabulary vowel weak inflection writers Wycliffe Wycliffite