A, peculiar sound,, in Engrish, 214.
Absolute case, 481.
Abstraction, 445.

Abstract nouns, 244; numerals, 280.
Accent, 145-152; classical, 145: English, 146;
radical, terminational, distinctive, 147; effect
of emphasis on, 152; relation to quantity, 158;
to orthoepy, 171; in poetry, Sanscrit, Greek,
Latin, etc., 618; in punctuation, 693.
Accommodation, law of, 135.

Accusative, see Objective.

Adelung, birthplace of language, 4.

Adjective defined, 240, 241, 265; classification

of, 266, 267; derivation, 268; comparison, 269-
276; comparative etymology, 277; numeral,
278, 281; Becker of, 265; pronouns, 314; like
adverbs, 366; relation to proposition, 461 ;
rules for syntax-attributive, predicative, as
adverbs, as prepositions, as substantives, com-
paratives, superlatives, double comparatives
and superlatives, independent, 490; collocation
of, 491; list of those never preceding their
noun, 491. See Pronominal, Numeral

Adverb defined, 240, 241, 361; origin of, 362;
Anglo-Saxon, 362; from pronouns, 363; from
substantives, 364, 365; same as adjectives,
366; phrases, 367; comparison, 363; classifi-
cation, 369; of place, 370; relation to proposi-
tion, 462; rules for syntax-pleonastic, inde-
pendent, two negatives, phrases, as verbs, 523;|
collocation, 524; correspondent, 525.
Eschines quoted, 615.

Esop quoted, 579.

Esthetics, 566.

51; introduction of, into England, 64; condi-
tion of before mixture, 68; in 14th century, 72;
objection to the word, 67; titles and names,
why used, 73; transition into English, 76; spec-
imens of, 77, 78; proportion and kind of words
from, in English, 100, 101; alphabet, 181, 215;
gender in, 247, 249; number, 255; genitive,
260; cases, 261; noun declined, 263; compari-
son of adjective, 272; adjective declined, 277;
article indefinite, 285; article, 257; reflective,
303, 304; pronoun, 296, 298, 300, 302, 303, 304;
demonstrative declined, 308; interrogative,
313; adjective pronoun, 314; indeterminate
pronoun, 316; verb, number of, 323, 324; in-
flection, 323, 333; infinitive inflection, 355;
modes, 336; participle, 335, 339; auxiliary
verbs, 343, 346; derived verbs, 357; source of
English impersonal verbs, 359; defective verbs,
360; adverbs, 362, 366, 369, 370; prepositions,
373; conjunctions, 379; elements of English,
383; suffixes, 390; prefixes, 391; compounds,
394; disguised compounds, 395; Latin words
through, 396; disguised derivatives from, 405;
prefixes, 412; comparison with Greek words,
414; double forms from, 420; coincidences of
form in words from, 421; illusive etymologies
in words from, 422; patronymics, 423; sur-
names, 424; names of months, 436; days of
week, 437; case absolute, 481; genitive, 483;
use of them as demonstrative, 493; use of some,
493; dative, 499, 526; methinks, 506; two neg
atives in, 523; metres, 630; Chronicle quoted,
523.
Anglo-Saxons, 49, 64-66.

Alternative conjunctions, 379.

Apologue, 579.
Aposiopesis, 580.

Anacœnosis, 573.

Anadiplosis, 574.

Anagram, 575.

Analogy, 472.

Appellative, 244.

Apposition, rules for, 48S.

Arabic language (see Shemitic), 29; modes in,
336; interjections, 381; elements in English,
3S3, 417, 418.

Arbuthnot quoted, 490.

Argument defined, 465; syllogism, 466; enthy-
meme, 465, 467, 468; conditional syllogism,