Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

Otto Jespersen (Author) , Paul Christophersen (Author) , Niels Haislund (Author) , Knud Schibsbye (Author)

• I. Introduction II. Personal Endings in Verbs III. Personal Endings in Verbs. Continued IV. Tense-Formation in the Verbs V. Tense-Formation in the Verbs. VI. The Naked Word VIII. Compounds X. Reduplicative Compounds XI. Change of Vowel without any Addition XII. Change of Consonant without any XIII. Vocalic Endings XIV. The Ordinary -er- Ending XV. Other Endings Containing r XVI. The Ordinary s-Ending XVII. Group Fonnations, with s-Ending XVIII. The Endings -s and -st in Particles XIX. Other Endings with Sibilants XX. The Ending -n (-en) XXI. Other Suffixes Containing Nasals XXII. L-Suffixes XXIII. L-Suffixes Continued XXIV. Suffixes Containing Dentals XXV. Final Batch of Suffixes XXVI. Negative and Related Prefixes XXVII. Prepositional Prefixes XXVIII. Prefixes Concluded XXIX. Shortenings