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[Spellings in the Index are sometimes different from those used in the main text, as with the names "Shakespeare" and "Wycliffe", or the use of ligatures in names such as "Baeda" and "Caedmon". Paragraph references given in {braces} were added by the transcriber. Parts III and IV are separately indexed.]
PART III.
+African+ words in English, 263.
+American+ words in English, 263.
+a.n.a.lytic+ English (= modern), 239 {III.2}.
+Ancient+ English, 199 {I.4}.
synthetic, 239 {III.1}.
+Anglo-Saxon+, specimen from, 250 {IV.2}.
contrasted with English of Wyclif and Tyndale, 251 {IV.3}.
+Arabic+ words in English, 263.
+Aryan+ family of languages, 195 {intro.7}.
+Bible+, English of the, 256 {IV.11}.
+Bilingualism+, 222 {II.33}.
+Changes+ of language, never sudden, 198 {I.2}.
+Chinese+ words in English, 264.
+Dead+ and living languages, 198 {I.1}.
+Dialects+ of English, 238 {II.52}.
+Doublets+, English and other, 236-238 {II.47-II.51}.
Greek, 233 {II.45}.
Latin, 230-233 {II.41-II.43}.
+Dutch+ and Welsh contrasted, 197 {intro.10}.
words in English, 260 {V.5}.
+English+, 194 {intro.4}.
a Low-German tongue, 196 {intro.9}.
diagram of, 203.
dialects of, 238 {II.52}.
early and oldest, compared, 252 {IV.5}.
elements of, characteristics of the two, 234-236 {II.46-II.47}.
English element in, 202 {II.2}.
foreign elements in, 204 {II.5}.
grammar of, its history, 239-249 {III.1-III.16}.
its spread over Britain, 197 {intro.11}.
modern, 258-265 {V.1-V.10}.
nation, 202 {II.1}.
of the Bible, 256 {IV.11}.
of the thirteenth century, 254 {IV.8}.
of the fourteenth century, 255 {IV.9}.
of the sixteenth century, 256 {IV.10}.
on the Continent, 194 {intro.5}.
periods of, 198-201 {I.3-I.8}.
marks which distinguish, 254.
syntax of, changed, 245 {III.11}.
the family to which it belongs, 195 {intro.7}.
the group to which it belongs, 195 {intro.8}, 196.
vocabulary of, 202-238 {II.1-II.52}.
+Foreign+ elements in English, 204 {II.5}.
+French+ (new) words in English, 261 {V.6}.
(Norman), see Norman-French.
+German+ words in English, 262 {V.7}.
+Grammar+ of English, 239-249 {III.1-III.16}.
comparatively fixed (since 1485), 258 {V.1}.
First Period, 240 {III.5}.
general view of its history, 243 {III.9}.
Second Period, 241 {III.6}.
short view of its history, 239-243 {III.3-III.8}.
Third Period, 242 {III.7}.
Fourth Period, 242 {III.8}.
+Greek+ doublets, 233 {II.45}.
+Gutturals+, expulsion of, 246-248 {III.12-III.14}.
+Hebrew+ words in English, 262 {V.8}.
+Hindu+ words in English, 264.
+History+ of English, landmarks in, 266.
+Hungarian+ words in English, 264.
+Indo-European+ family, 195 {intro.7}.
+Inflexions+ in different periods, compared, 253 {IV.6}.
loss of, 239 {III.3}, 240 {III.4}.
grammatical result of loss, 248 {III.16}.
+Italian+ words in English, 259 {V.4}.
+Keltic+ element in English, 204-206 {II.6-II.9}.
+Landmarks+ in the history of English, 266.
+Language+, 193 {intro.1}.
changes of, 198 {I.2}.
growth of, 193 {intro.3}.
living and dead, 198 {I.1}.
spoken and written, 203 {II.3}.
written, 193 {intro.2}.
+Latin+ contributions and their dates, 209 {II.16}.
doublets, 230-233 {II.41-II.43}.
element in English, 208-233 {II.15-II.44}.
of the eye and ear, 230 {II.41}.
of the First Period, 210 {II.17}.
Second Period, 211 {II.19}, 212 {II.21}.
Third Period, 212-227 {II.22-II.36}.
Fourth Period, 227-230 {II.37-II.39}.
triplets, 233 {II.44}.
+Lord's Prayer+, in four versions, 251 {IV.4}, 252.
