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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 157 HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. About eleven years ago, in an article entitled 'Struc- ' ture of the English Language, ' we attempted to ascertain, with some approach to precision, the relations of Anglo-Saxon to modern English, and the extent to which the former modifies, or rather constitutes, the latter. It was shown that whether we look at a numerical comparison alone, or at the classes of words which Anglo-Saxon has given us, or at the degree in which it influences all our grammatical forms and most idiomatic constructions, ? there is no comparison between the importance of this element and that of any other in our beautiful and copious, though very composite language. At the same time the magnitude and value, ? absolutely, though not relatively, ? of its classical element, were largely insisted upon. Since the appearance of that article much has been done to illustrate the grammar and history of our language, and to imbue the minds of our youth with a just knowledge of both. These subjects were formerly much neglected in the study, not perhaps too eager, but certainly too exclusive, of the classicallanguages. Many a youth amongst us has been far more deeply acquainted with the structure of Latin and Greek than with that of his mother tongue; in the condition, in fact, of those travelled Englishmen who formerly made the 'grand tour, ' and were yet strangers to the scenery and ignorant of the antiquities of their native land. 'Edinburgh Review, ' Oct. 1850. 1. The English Language. By B. G. Latham, M.I). Second Edition, 8vo. London: Pp. 581. 2. Elementary English Grammar for the Use of Schools. By E.G. Latham, M.D, Second Edition, 12mo. London: Pp. 219. 3. The JKisn, Progress, and Present Structure of the English Language. By the Bev. M. Harrison, A..
| ISBN-13 | 9781459045903 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1459045904 |
| Weight | 0.68 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.47 In |
| List Price | $22.91 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 204 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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