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The English Language

by R. G. Latham

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  1. 1Title page
  2. 2Second Edition
  3. 3Contents
  4. 4An Introduction — Chapter I — Germanic Origin of the English Langua…
  5. 5Chapter II — Germanic Origin of the English Language — The Immigran…
  6. 6Chapter III — Of the Dialects of the Saxon Area, and of the So-Call…
  7. 7Chapter IV — Affinities of the English With the Languages of German…
  8. 8Chapter V — Analysis of the English Language — Germanic Elements
  9. 9Chapter VI — The Celtic Stock of Languages, and Their Relations to…
  10. 10Chapter VII — The Anglo-Norman, and the Languages of the Classical…
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Position of the English Language as Indo-European
  12. 12Chapter I — Historical and Logical Elements of the English Language
  13. 13Chapter II — The Relation of the English to the Anglo-Saxon, and th…
  14. 14Chapter III — On the Lowland Scotch
  15. 15Chapter IV — Of Certain Undetermined and Fictitious Languages of Gr…
  16. 16Part III — Sounds, Letters, Pronunciation, Spelling — Chapter I — G…
  17. 17Chapter II — System of Articulate Sounds
  18. 18Chapter III — Of Certain Combinations of Articulate Sounds
  19. 19Chapter IV — Euphony; the Permutation and the Transition of Letters
  20. 20Chapter V — On the Formation of Syllables
  21. 21Chapter VI — On Quantity
  22. 22Chapter VII — On Accent
  23. 23Chapter VIII — The Principles of Orthoepy
  24. 24Chapter IX — General Principles of Orthography
  25. 25Chapter X — Historical Sketch of the English Alphabet
  26. 26Part IV — Etymology — Chapter I — On the Province of Etymology
  27. 27Chapter II — On Gender
  28. 28Chapter III — The Numbers
  29. 29Chapter IV — On the Cases
  30. 30Chapter V — The Personal Pronouns
  31. 31Chapter VI — On the True Reflective Pronoun in the Gothic Languages…
  32. 32Chapter VII — The Demonstrative Pronouns, &c.
  33. 33Chapter VIII — The Relative, Interrogative, and Certain Other Pronouns
  34. 34Chapter IX — On Certain Forms in -Er
  35. 35Chapter X — The Comparative Degree
  36. 36Chapter XI — The Superlative Degree
  37. 37Chapter XII — Of the Cardinal Numbers
  38. 38Chapter XIII — On the Ordinal Numbers
  39. 39Chapter XIV — The Articles
  40. 40Chapter XV — Diminutives, Augmentatives, and Patronymics
  41. 41Chapter XVI — Gentile Forms
  42. 42Chapter XVII — On the Connexion Between the Noun and Verb, and on t…
  43. 43Chapter XVIII — On Derived Verbs
  44. 44Chapter XIX — On the Persons
  45. 45Chapter XX — On the Numbers of Verbs
  46. 46Chapter XXI — On Moods
  47. 47Chapter XXII — On Tenses in General
  48. 48Chapter XXIII — The Strong Tenses
  49. 49Chapter XXIV — The Weak Tenses
  50. 50Chapter XXV — On Conjugation
  51. 51Chapter XXVI — Defectiveness and Irregularity
  52. 52Chapter XXVII — The Impersonal Verbs
  53. 53Chapter XXVIII — The Verb Substantive
  54. 54Chapter XXIX — The Present Participle
  55. 55Chapter XXX — The Past Participle
  56. 56Chapter XXXI — Composition
  57. 57Chapter XXXII — On Derivation and Inflection
  58. 58Chapter XXXIII — Adverbs
  59. 59Chapter XXXIV — On Certain Adverbs of Place
  60. 60Chapter XXXV — On When, Then, and Than
  61. 61Chapter XXXVI — Prepositions and Conjunctions
  62. 62Chapter XXXVII — On the Grammatical Position of the Words Mine and…
  63. 63Chapter XXXVIII — On the Constitution of the Weak Præterite
  64. 64Part V — Syntax — Chapter I — On Syntax in General
  65. 65Chapter II — Syntax of Substantives
  66. 66Chapter III — Syntax of Adjectives
  67. 67Chapter IV — Syntax of Pronouns
  68. 68Chapter V — The True Personal Pronouns
  69. 69Chapter VI — On the Syntax of the Demonstrative Pronouns, and the P…
  70. 70Chapter VII — On the Construction of the Word Self
  71. 71Chapter VIII — On the Possessive Pronouns
  72. 72Chapter IX — The Relative Pronouns
  73. 73Chapter X — On the Interrogative Pronoun
  74. 74Chapter XI — The Reciprocal Construction
  75. 75Chapter XII — The Indeterminate Pronouns
  76. 76Chapter XIII — The Articles
  77. 77Chapter XIV — The Numerals
  78. 78Chapter XV — On Verbs in General
  79. 79Chapter XVI — The Concord of Verbs
  80. 80Chapter XVII — On the Government of Verbs
  81. 81Chapter XVIII — On the Participles
  82. 82Chapter XIX — On the Moods
  83. 83Chapter XX — On the Tenses
  84. 84Chapter XXI — Syntax of the Persons of Verbs
  85. 85Chapter XXII — On the Voices of Verbs
  86. 86Chapter XXIII — On the Auxiliary Verbs
  87. 87Chapter XXIV — The Syntax of Adverbs
  88. 88Chapter XXV — On Prepositions
  89. 89Chapter XXVI — On Conjunctions
  90. 90Chapter XXVII — The Syntax of the Negative
  91. 91Chapter XXVIII — On the Case Absolute
  92. 92Part VI — On the Prosody of the English Language
  93. 93Part VII — The Dialects of the English Language
  94. 94Praxis
  95. 95I — Mœso-Gothic
  96. 96II — Old High-German
  97. 97III — Anglo-Saxon
  98. 98IV — From Schmid’s Anglo-Saxon Laws
  99. 99V — Opening of Beowulf
  100. 100VI — The Battle of Brunanburg
  101. 101VII — Hildibrand and Hathubrand
  102. 102VIII — Old Saxon
  103. 103IX — Modern Dutch of Holland
  104. 104X — Old Norse
  105. 105XI — Icelandic
  106. 106XII — Saga Ólafs Konúngs Tryggvasonar
  107. 107XIII — Modern Swedish

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