Lectures on the English Language

accent adjective alliteration ancient Anglo-Saxon articulation belonging Ben Jonson Bible called century character Chaucer classical common composition compound consonants derived dialect diction distinct early elements employed England English language English words etymology example expression fact familiar foreign French 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 nation native natural nomenclature noun objects 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 Saxon sense signification sound speak speech strong inflection syllables syntactical syntax thing thought tion tongue translation verb verbal verse vocabulary vowel weak inflection writers Wycliffe Wycliffite