Introduction:
INDO-EUROPEAN
TEUTONIC
CELTIC
COGNATE LANGUAGES
SANSKRIT
SIR WILLIAM JONES
OLD ENGLISH PERIOD
MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD
MODERN ENGLISH PERIOD
INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH PERIOD
NORMAN CONQUEST
ALFRED THE GREAT
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
BAYEUX TAPESTRY
GOEFFREY CHAUCER
SIR WILLIAM CAXTON
Lesson I:
OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
MORPHOLOGY
MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE
PHONETICS
PHONETIC CHANGE
SEMANTICS
SEMANTIC CHANGE
ETYMOLOGY
GRAMMATICAL INFORMATION
DEFINITION
USAGE OR SPECIAL LABEL
SYNONYM
IDIOM OR IDIOMATIC USE
PRESCRIPTIVIST
DESCRIPTIVIST
Lesson II:
BASE
DERIVATIVE
Lesson III:
PREFIX
"INTENSIVE" PREFIXES
EUPHONY
ASSIMILATION
Lesson IV:
ACRONYM
ABBREVIATION
Lesson V:
BACK FORMATION
APHERESIS
APHESIS
ANTONYM
Lesson VI:
CONNECTING VOWEL
COMPOUND WORD
Lesson VII:
HYBRID
Lesson VIII:
SUFFIX
ELISION
INDEPENDENT TWIN
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Lesson IX:
WORD ANALYSIS
ETYMOLOGICAL DEFINITION
Lesson X:
DISSIMILATION
Lesson XI:
SEMANTIC CHANGE
SIMILITUDE
MODULATION
METAPHORIC CHANGE
RADIATION
Lesson XII:
SPECIALIZATION OF MEANING
GENERALIZATION OF MEANING
Lesson XIII:
FUNCTIONAL CHANGE
Lesson XIV:
DEGENERATION OF MEANING
ELEVATION OF MEANING
Lesson XV:
CHANGE FROM ABSTRACT TO CONCRETE
Lesson XVI:
WEAKENING
HYPERBOLE
Lesson XVII:
CHANGE OF MEANING DUE TO CHANGING CONCEPTS
DIMINUTIVE SUFFIX
Lesson XVIII:
EUPHEMISM
TABOO DEFORMATION
CIRCUMLOCUTION
Lesson XIX:
FOLK ETYMOLOGY
Lesson XX:
CLIPPED WORD
Lesson XXI:
BLEND
Lesson XXII:
DOUBLET
Lesson XXIII:
LATINISM
Lesson XXIV:
METATHESIS
Lesson XXV:
LOAN WORD
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