Literature And Poetry. Studies on the English language; the poetry of the Bible; the Dies iræ; the Stabat Mater; the hymns of St. Bernard; the university, ancient and modern; Dante Alighieri; the Divina commedia
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- Literature And Poetry. Studies on the English language; the poetry of the Bible; the Dies iræ; the Stabat Mater; the hymns of St. Bernard; the university, ancient and modern; Dante Alighieri; the Divina commedia
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- 1890
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Literature And Poetry. Studies on the English language; the poetry of the Bible; the Dies iræ; the Stabat Mater; the hymns of St. Bernard; the university, ancient and modern; Dante Alighieri; the Divina commedia
Author: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
Year: 1890
CONTENTS. I. The English Language : Heterogeneous in Formation, Homogeneous in Character, Universal in Destination for the Spread of Civilization, 1-62 Language and Reason, 1. — Origin of Language, 2. — Diversity of Language, 8-4. — The English Language — Grimm's Judgment, 5. — The Composite Character of the English Race and Language, 6. — The Proportion of Saxon, Latin, and other Elements in English, 7-8. — The Anglo-Saxon Stock, 9-14. — The Saxon Element in the English Bible, 14. — Illustrations from Shakespeare, 15. — The Latin Element, 16. — Original Latinisms, 16-19. — French Latinisms, 19-21. — The Gradual Mingling of the Saxon and Norman, 21-28. — The Relation of the Norman and Saxon Elements, 28-26. — Illustrations from Milton, 26. — Illustrations from Daniel Webster, 26-29. — The Other Elements of the English Language, 29. — The Celtic Element, 29. — The Danish, or Norse Element, 30. — Hebrew Words, 31. — Greek Words, 31. — Dutch Words, 32. — Italian Words, 33. — Spanish Words, 33. Arabic Words, 33. — Persian Words, 33. — Turkish Words, 34. — Slavonic Words, 34. — Indian Words and Names, 34. — Americanisms, 34. — Hybrid Words, 35. — The Organic Union of these Elements, 36.