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306. Derivation

Greek Portion of our Lan-

307. The Constituent Elements of the

guage.--Greek Roots ........ 193

English Language...

175 329. Greek Stem-adjectives..

308. Instinctive Forms and Pronom- 330. Greek Stem-substantives.. 193

inal Elements ..

175 331. Greek Derivative Words with

603. Teutonic Stem-words or Roots .. 176

310. List of Teutonic Roots...

177 332. Greek Derivative Words with

311. Teutonic Stem-nouns

312. Teutonic Reduplicate Forms ... 178 333. Greek Compound Words in En.

313. Teutonic Primary Derivatives.. 178 glish

314. Teutonic Secondary Derivatives 180 334. Disguised Greek Derivatives and

315. Teutonic Words with Prefixes.. 180 Compounds.

316. The Formation of Compound 335. Hebrew Portion of our Language 197

181 336. Hebrew or Phænician Words

317. Teutonic Compounds

182 through the Greek and Latin 197

318. Disguised Teutonic Derivatives 337. Suffixes in Words derived from

183 the Hebrew and Chaldaic.... 197

319. Classical Element of the English 338. Foreign Words ..

184 339. English Words of Mixed Origin 200

320. Natural Development of the

340. Double Forms in Language 201

Latin Portion of our Lan- 341. Accidental Coincidences in the

Formation of Words .... 203

321. Latin Roots.

186 342. Illusive Etymologies..

204

322. Latin Stem-adjectives..

187 343. Diminutives

207

323. Latin Stem-substantives

187 344. Origin of English Surnames 208

324. Latin Primary Derivative Words 187 345. Local Surnames

210

325. Latin Secondary Derivatives 188 346. Versatility of Proper Names..., 211

326. Latin Derivative Words with 347. Prefixes and Suffixes to Proper

Prefixes

188

Names of Places....

212

327. Romanic Portion of our Lan- 348. Names of the Months

213

guage

190 349. Names of the Days of the Week 214

328. Natural Development of the 350. Etymological Analysis ...... 214

PART V.

LOGICAL FORMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE...... 214
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SYNTAX OF THE SUBSTANTIVE.

355. Nominative Case.......

221/360. The Objective or Accusative

356. Collocation...

357. Possessive or Genitive Case ....

225 361. Collocation....................

359. Collocation.

226 362. Apposition

359. Attributive Relation of the Gen- 363. Promiscuous Exercises on Nouns,

with Illustrations

2261

SYNTAX OF THE ADJECTIVE.

364. Syntax of the Adjective. 233369. Syntax of the Article "an" or "a" 241

365. The Collocation of Adjectives .. 235 370. Syntax of the Article "the" 243

366. Exercises in the Syntax of the 371. Promiscuous Exercises on the

367. Syntax of Pronominal Adjectives 372. Promiscuous Examples of the

or Adjective Pronouns

Proper and Improper Use of

368. Syntax of Numeral Adjectives .. 240 the Articles ...

SYNTAX OF PRONOUNS.

373. Personal Pronouns

247 376. Relative Pronouns

374. Syntax of the word " Self" in its 377. Interrogative Pronouns

253 378. Indeterminate Pronouns

375. Demonstrative Pronouns....... 255,379. Reciprocal Pronouns ........... 262

381, The Verb..

394. Collocation.

885. Government of Verbs

386. Collocation

887. The Substantive Verb.

SYNTAX OF THE VERB.

263 388. Syntax of the Infinitive Mode... 271

265 389. The Infinitive Mode.

267 390. The Imperative Mode..

267 391. The Subjunctive Mode.

268 392. Syntax of Tenses

269 393. Syntax of Participles..

270 394. Participles

277
CHAPTER VIII.

271 395. Certain Uses of the Verb.. 280

CHAPTER VI.

SYNTAX OF ADVERSA.

396, Syntax of Adverbs..

282|398. Correspondent Adverbs, togeth-

397. The Collocation of Adverbs..... 284 er with Examples....

285

CHAPTER VII.

SYNTAX OF PREPOSITIONS.

393. Syntax of Prepositions . 286/400. The Collocation of Prepositions 288

SYNTAX OF CONJUNCTIONS.

401. Syntax of Conjunctions

289 403. Ellipsis of the Substantive, Ad-

402. Interjections

291 jective, Article, etc........... 292

SYNTAX OF SIMPLE SENTENCES.

404. The Syntax of Simple Sen- 406. The Attributive Combination... 298

tences ........

297 407. The Objective Combination .... 298 -

405. The Predicative Combination .. 297 408. The Parts of Sentences..

SYNTAX OF COMPOUND SENTENCES.

409. Syntax of Compound Sentences 300 413. Examples of Grammatical Equiv-

410. Co-ordinate Sentences..........

411. Subordinate Sentences..

301 414. Exercises,.

412. Grammatical Equivalents.. 303 415. Translation..

RULES FOR THE CHOICE OF WORDS AND GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTIONS.

416. Rules for the Choice of Words, 420. Impropriety..

305 21. Syntactical Analysis

306 422. Promiscuous Examples in Cor-

418. Barbarism..

rect Syntax for Analysis. .... 310

307 423. Synthesis of Syntactical Forms 313

RHETORICAL FORMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

424. Definitions.:

315 428. The Interference of Rhetoric

425. Rhetorical Forms.....

with Grammar and Logic 317

426. The Value of Rhetorical Forms 316 429. Figures of Speech...

427. The Æsthetical Value of Rhetor- 430. Rules for the Use of Figures.... 318

316431. The Study of Rhetorical Forms.. 319

DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES.

320451. Erotesis or Interrogation.. 328

433. Allusion..

322 452. Euphemism ..

434. Anaccenosis.

323 453. Hyperbole

435. Anadiplosis

323 454. Hypotyposis..

323 456. Litotes

439. Antithesis

324 457. Metalepsis..

439. Antonomasia

524 458. Metaphor

440. Apologue or Fable

324 459. Metonymy

441. Aposiopesis...

325 460. Parable...

442. Apostrophe.

325 461. Paraleipsis

443. Catachresis

326 462. Paronomasia

326 463. Prosopopæia or Personification 332

445. Anti-climax

326 464. Proverb..

446. Ecphonesis or Exclamation..... 327 465. Repartee

327 466. Sarcasm..

448. Epanalepsis..

327 467. Simile

449. Epanorthosis

827 468. Syllepsis

450, Epizeuxis..

328/469. Synecdoche

.. 331
...... 332

470. Perspicuity, with Causes of Ob- 471. The Double Meaning..

335 472. The Unintelligible...

LIVELINESS OF EXPRESSION.

473. Liveliness of Expression-its Im- 475. The Constituent Parts of a Dis-

474. Rhetorical Sentences.

338 476. Rhetorical Analysis

........... 339

-POETICAL FORMS,

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS.

477. Definitions

345 486. Double and Triple Rhymes..... 351

478. Prosody...

345 487. Middle Rhyme..

345 488. Sectional Rhyme

346 489. Inverse Rhyme.

481. Elements of Musical Composi- 490. Word-matching...

346 491. Alliteration

347 492. Task Poetry.

343 493. Blank Verse.

350 494. Poetical License.

485. Imperfect Rhymes.

350 495. Elision ......

IAMBIO MEASURES.

Monometer, with the Iam- 499. Iambic Tetrameter..

355 500. Iambic Pentameter

497. Iambic Dimeter ....

356 501. Iambic Hexameter..

498. Iambic Trimeter..

356 502. Iambic Heptameter

TROCHAIO MEASURES.
603. Trochaic Monometer, with the 1506. Trochaic Tetrameter.

Trochaic Formula ........... 358 507. Trochaic Pentameter ......
604. Trochaic Dimeter... ...... 359 508. Trochaic Hexameter..
505. Trochaic Trimeter... ........ 3591503. Trochaic Heptameter

ANAPESTIO MEASURES.

510. Anapestic Monometer

361 512. Anapestic Trimeter

011. Anapestic Dimeter..

361 513. Anapestic Tetrameter.

AMPHIBRACI MEASURES.

514. Amphibrach Monometer 362 516. Amphibrach Trimeter..

515. Amphibrach Dimeter........... 362 517. Amphibrach Tetrameter ....... 363

DACTYLIC MEASURES.

518. Dactylic Monometer, with the 520. Dactylic Trimeter

Dactylic Formula

563 521. Dactylic Tetrameter

019. Dactylic Dimeter .............. 363, 522. Dactylic Hexameter

364
CHAPTER III.

523. The Spenserian Stanza.

524. Gay's Stanza .

525. Elegiac Octosyllabics

526. Octosyllabic Couplets...

527. Octosyllabic Triplets..

528. Heroic Couplets..

529. Heroic Triplets...

530. Elegiac Heroics.

531. Rhyme Royal..

632. Ottava Rima

COMBINED MEASURES.

36 4 533. Terza Rima ...

364 534. Alexandrines

364 535. Ballad Stanza

365 536. Rhombic Measures.

365 537. Common Metre

365 538. Long Metre

365 539. Short Metre

365 510. Hallelujah Metre..

365 541. Poetical Analysis and Synthe-

sis.....

542. Definition ..

369 553. The Apostrophe.

543. The Comma.

370 554. The Accent....................

544. The Semicolon

375 555. The Hyphen

545. The Colon............

376 556. The Long and Short Vowel..... 380

546. The Period.

..... 376 557. The Diæresis..

547. Note of Interrogation

377 558. The Paragraph

548. The Exclamation Point

377 559. The Section ...

549. Other Points and Marks: the Pa- 560. Quotation Marks

380

378 561. The Index or Hand..

378 562. The Ellipsis....

378 563. The Asterisk

552. The Caret.

378 564. Capital Letters ...................

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