The Evolution of the English Language: From Chaucer to the Twentieth Century

adopted American appears Ben Jonson borrowed Caxton Chaucer Cheke Cicero cited classical colloquial courtly cultivated dialect Dictionary Dryden earlier edition eighteenth century Elizabethan eloquence England English Grammar English language English words Euphuistic fashion fifteenth Folio form of language form of speech French Gabriel Harvey grammar schools grammarian Greek guage H. C. Wyld hath haue Ibid idiom illustrations influence instance Johnson knowledge later Latin learning letter lish literary literature manner meaning medieval method Middle English modes of pronunciation Mulcaster native natural Noah Webster nouns nunciation opinion original Paperbound period phrase plural poet popular printed pronounced pronunciation published Quintilian regarding remarks Renaissance rhetoric Richard Mulcaster rule says seventeenth century Shakespeare Sheridan Sir Thomas sixteenth century sound speak spelling standard style syllable thou tion translation usage verb verse vowel vulgar William Lily Wilson writing written