The Growth of English: An Elementary Account of the Present Form of Our Language, and Its Development |
Contents
WHAT IS LANGUAGE? | 1 |
THE SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE | 11 |
THE SOUNDS OF ENGLISH | 28 |
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accent back vowels borrowed century Chaucer colloquial speech common compared Dative declension developed diphthong distinct earlier early M.E. element England English language English speech English words examples exist express fact followed foreign word form of English front vowels Germanic languages Greek heard i-mutation influence k-sound large number Latin Latin words letters literary M.E. period means Middle English Midland Modern English murmur vowel nasal consonant native natural Norman French nunciation observe occur Old English open consonants ordinary origin persons Peterborough Chronicle phonetic Plural present day Preterite Primitive Aryan Primitive Germanic pronounced provincial pure Regional Dialects rhyme Scotch sentence shortened Singular sound changes speak speakers of Standard spelling spelt spoken language Standard English stress style suffix survives syllable symbols tendency tion tongue unstressed variety verb vocabulary voiced voiceless voiceless consonants vowel murmur vowel sounds vulgar Welsh writing written