Calendar: 1887-1888 Page 696

700 INGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS IV Illustrate from the present century and also from the fifteenth the fact that language' is always in state of change greater or less Point out the periods in which such change has been especially great and give the reason or reasons Make list of English words that are said to be of Arabian origin How did such words come into our language The following says Trench 'are Hindostani Hindee Distinguish these terms and write down the words that follow How does the history of our language support the statement that the Reformation was just throwing οίϊ on the part of the Teutonic nations of that everlast ng pupilage in which Rome would fain have held them' Mention and illustrate the forces that tend to dissimilate kindred languages Discuss the causes of the flexional losses in English Give specimens of obsolete words that we might well have retained and consider why we did not do so What has Trench to say on the subject of the Natu- ralization of Words 10 Show how one word becomes two 11 Also how words strive to be homogeneous 12 Mention some adjectival suffixes that were once very much more common in our language than now 13 Show that Modern English is descended from Mid- land dialect but has been noticeably influenced by both Northern and Southern dialects 14 Derive the words -adamant bran-new buxom