The Making of English

CONTENTS: Introductory -- The Likeness of German and English -- Differences between German and English -- Characteristics of Old English -- Object of this Book -- The Making of English Grammar -- Simplification of Accidence -- New Grammatical Material -- Profit and Loss -- What English Owes to Foreign Tongues -- Word-Making in English -- Composition Derivation -- Root-Creation -- Changes of Meaning -- Some Makers of English -- Index.