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Excerpt from An Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse: With Grammatical Introduction, Notes, and GlossaryTms book is intended to provide the student with a series of texts in the classical west-saxon dialect of Old English, with such helps in the way of Grammar, Glossary, and Notes, as shall enable him to acquire a sound elementary knowledge of the language, without, at the same time, neglecting the literature. Care has been taken to represent...

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Excerpt from A Primer of Spoken English English had become the ofiicial and literary language of the whole kingdom, it was natural that the same dialect in its spoken form should become the general speech of the educated classes, and that as centralization increased, it should preponderate more and more over the local dialects. But the unity of spoken English is still imperfect: it is still liable to be in¿uenced by the local dialects - in Lo...

Published 1892-8, this two-volume work was the first scientific grammar of English to include a description of its phonology.

Henry Sweet's work on the sounds of English was first published in 1874, and in this revised version in 1888.

Excerpt from A Primer of Historical English GrammarThe object of this book is to give the essentials of historical English grammar as far as is possible within the limits of 100 pages, excluding syntax, but including the history of the language, phonology, in¿ections, particles, composition, and derivation. Although it covers exactly the same ground as my S/zort Hzlr/orz'cal Grammar (itself an abridgment of the historical portions of my jvcrw ...

Excerpt from Short Historical English Grammar Sanskrit, &c., , they are of little use for etymological purposes. But although most of those who have kept pace with the recent developments of Comparative Philology admit all this, some of them still plead for the retention of Grimm's Law on the ground of its being so interesting, and having such a stimulating effect on pupils. The answer to this is, By all means teach it then, but teach it as a...

A New English Grammar: Logical and Historical - Volume One is a text authored by Henry Sweet, a doctor, lawyer, author, and editor, as well as a one-time president of the Philological Society. This text is a reference guide and textbook for proper usage of the English language.A New English Grammar assumes a descriptivist perspective towards proper language usage, in that author Henry Sweet focus more energy into describing how English is prop...

Excerpt from A New English Grammar, Vol. 2: Logical and Historical Note the use of nominal as a common term for nouns and adjectives. The mark 1 is used to indicate literary as opposed to colloquial. For the use of as a stress-mark see 1881. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotte...

Excerpt from The History of Language When asked by Mr. Dent to write an introduction to the principles of Comparative Philology for his series, I willingly consented, not only because I had the necessary materials ready to hand, but also because I felt there was still room for an addition to the already large literature of the subject, a subject which, however, admits of being approached from so many different points of view that any competen...

Excerpt from A Handbook of Phonetics: Including a Popular Exposition of the Principles of Spelling Reform The results of German phonetic investigation were first popularised in England by Professor Max Muller in the second series of his well-known Let/ares on Lan guage who also made use of various essays by our countryman Mr. A. J. Ellis - the pioneer of scientific phonetics in England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds...

Excerpt from A History of Methodism: In Northwest Kansas The last several years of the life of William H. Sweet were devoted to the collecting of material and the writing of this volume. He very much hoped to finish the task and see the book through the press himself, but death came suddenly on January 5, 1919. He had planned to publish the book at his own expense and ask the Conference to sell it for the benefit of Kansas Wesleyan University...