TER II.

THE RELATION OF THE ENGLISH TO THE ANGLO-SAXON, AND THE STAGES OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

96. Ancient and modern tongues 64
97. Details 65-68
98. Stages of the English language 68
99. Semi-Saxon 69
100-103. _Old_ English, &c. 70-72
104. Present tendencies 73

PART III.

SOUNDS, LETTERS, PRONUNCIATION, SPELLING.

CHAPTER I.

GENERAL NATURE AND CERTAIN PROPERTIES OF ARTICULATE SOUNDS.

105. Spelling and speaking 77
106. Sounds and syllables 79
107. Vowels 79
108. Divisions 80
109. Sharp and flat sounds 80
110. Continuous and explosive 80
111. General statements 81
112. The sound of h 81

CHAPTER II.

SYSTEM OF ARTICULATE SOUNDS.

113. Certain foreign sounds 82
114. System of mutes 82
115. Lenes and aspirates 83
116. Fourfold character of mutes 84
117. Y and w 84
118, 119. Diphthongs 84
120. Compound sounds 85
121. Ng 85
122, 123. Broad, slender; long, short;
dependent, independent vowels 85, 86
124-126. System of sounds 86, 87

CHAPTER III.

OF CERTAIN COMBINATIONS OF ARTICULATE SOUNDS.

127. Sharp and flat mutes 88
128. Unstable combinations 89
129. Effect of y 89
130, 131. Double consonants rare 89
132. True aspirates rare 90

CHAPTER IV.

EUPHONY AND THE PERMUTATION OF LETTERS.

133. Euphony 92
134. Permutation 93

CHAPTER V.

ON THE FORMATION OF SYLLABLES.

135. Syllabification 95-97

CHAPTER VI.

ON QUANTITY.

136. Long and short sounds 98
137. Quantity of vowels--of syllables 98
138. Classical and English measurements 99

CHAPTER VII.

ON ACCENT.