Problems in the Origins and Development of the English Language

adjective allophone American borrowed CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ century consonant CRUZ The University dialect diphthong earlier early Modern English English vowels English words enthusiasm etymology example fæder folk etymology following words French fricative function words German grammatical Greek haue hine Identify illustrate indicate Indo-European languages inflections inti italicized King land later Latin letters loan-words manner of articulation meaning Middle English Modern English preterit morphemes mother noun number of words Old English Origins and Development Oxford English Dictionary passage past participle phonetic symbol plural preterit pronounced pronunciation quotations rime Saxons sentence Shakespeare singular slang sounds occurs speech spelling pronunciation SPELLING SOUND stress suffix syllabic consonant syllables thee thou tongue translation TRANSLITERATION University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA velar verb voiceless Vowel Shift wið writing system þæm þæt þam þat