Abstract
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Choosing words: The vocabulary of English Two examples The expanding vocabulary: Old English and Middle English The Renaissance: Copious language Other borrowings Alternatives to borrowing Chapter 3 Arranging words The building blocs The noun phrase The verb phrase The development of the verb Adverbials Conversion Types of sentence Chapter 4 How words mean Semantics Pragmatics Cohesion Chapter 5 Receiving words Sounds and spellings O.E. and M.E. Early Modern English Present difficulties Standards of pronunciation Stress and intonation Punctuation Phonemes of Present Day English Consonants Chapter 6 Correct words? Standards and dialect The growth of a standard Dictionaries Latin and a universal language A standard for grammar Linguistic Glossary Appendix: Names Place names Personal names
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