Calendar: 1880-1881 Page 662

662 INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS been introduced from the dialects of these studies into the vocabulary of common life Illustrate these statements What explanations are suggested of the fact that Englishmen speak their language less accurately than most natives of the Continent speak theirs Ί Describe the two modes of estimating the relative amount of words derived from different sources in given language י and give some account of the results of them as applied to English What parts of speech are exclusively Anglo-Saxon Words of what meaning are mostly so Give instances of the fact that the common words of every living speech are popularly used in several distinct acceptations some proper and some figurative 10 In what various ways may languages be classified 11 Explain and illustate the assertion that language is not dead inelastic passive implement but power which like all natural powers reacts on that which it calls into exercise 12 What reasons are there for believing that the Saxon element will soon recover some of the ground it has aban- doned in the last four or five centuries 13 Derive and illustrate these words grain-parson- coincidence false-atone---mystery-proclivity- solidarity -soldier-calcine-forbid-crimson-hoberoblin II -Chaucer brief outline of the "Man of Law's Tale Mention any other tales with similar incidents The substance of the Pardoner's Prologue What are the special vices against which he declaims in his Tale Whence did Chaucer take the 44 Second Nun's Tale What derivations are given of the name Cecilia Describe the Chaucerian heptastich What later poets have used it