
A History of the English Language
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- Intro
- A History of the English Language
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of contents
- Preface to the first edition (2006)
- Preface to the revised edition
- Notes to the user and abbreviations
- List of tables
- List of figures
- 1 The English language
- 1. The origins and history of English
- 2. Modern English compared to earlier English and other languages
- 3. External and internal change
- 4. Conclusion
- Keywords
- Topics for class discussion and exercises
- 2. English spelling, sounds, and grammar
- 1. English spelling
- 2. Why English spelling is irregular
- 3. The phonetic alphabet
- 4. Phonetics and sound change
- 5. Some grammatical terminology
- 6. Conclusion
- Keywords
- Exercises
- 3. Before Old English
- 1. Origins of language
- 2. Earliest writings
- 3. Indo-European to Germanic: Sound changes
- 4. Indo-European to Germanic: Changes in morphology and syntax
- 5. Reconstruction methods
- 6. Politics and reconstruction
- 7. Conclusion
- Keywords
- Exercises
- 4. Old English: 450-1150
- 1. Sources and spelling
- 2. Old English sounds
- 3. Old English grammar
- 4. Old English morphology
- 5. Old English syntax
- 6. The Old English lexicon
- 7. Old English dialects
- 8. Conclusion
- Keywords
- Exercises
- Appendix A. Anglo Saxon Chronicle - Peterborough version
- Appendix B. Two versions of Caedmon's Hymn
- Appendix C. Orosius
- Appendix D. Riddles
- Appendix E. Wulf and Eadwacer
- Appendix F. The Wanderer
- 5. From Old to Middle English
- 1. Celtic loans
- 2. Latin loans
- 3. Scandinavian influence
- 4. French influence
- 5. Other languages
- 6. The result: A lexicon of multiple origins
- 7. Implications for the status of Middle English
- 8. Conclusion
- Key concepts
- Exercises and review questions
- 6. Middle English: 1150-1500
- 1. Texts and spelling
- 2. Middle English sounds
- 3. Middle English morphology
- 4. Middle English syntax
- 5. Middle English word formation
- 6. Middle English dialects
- 7. Conclusion
- Keywords
- Exercises
- Appendix A. Layamon
- Appendix B. Piers Plowman
- Appendix C. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Appendix D. Chaucer
- Appendix E. Anonymous lyrics
- Appendix F. Paston Letters
- 7. Early Modern English: 1500-1700
- 1. Printing, literacy, and texts
- 2. Early Modern English spelling and sounds
- 3. Early Modern English morphology
- 4. Early Modern English syntax
- 5. The Early Modern English lexicon
- 6. Attitudes towards a standard
- 7. Regional and register varieties
- 8. Editorial and authorship issues
- 9. Conclusion
- Keywords and terms
- Exercises
- Appendix A. Elizabeth's translation of Boethius compared to others
- Appendix B. Shakespeare's The Tempest
- Appendix C. Alexander Hume on orthography
- Appendix D. Dorothy Osborne's letters
- Appendix E. Isaac Newton on optics
- 8. Modern English: 1700-the present
- 1. External history and sources
- 2. Modern English spelling and sounds
- 3. Modern English morphology
- 4. Modern English syntax
- 5. The Modern English lexicon
- 6. Attitudes towards linguistic differences
- 7. Some regional and register varieties
- 8. Conclusion
- Keywords
- Exercises
- Appendix A. A Petition to the Merchants, Clothiers and all such
- Appendix B. Mary Wollstonecraft on education
- Appendix C. George Washington's journal
- Appendix D. D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Appendix E. Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes were watching God
- 9. English around the world
- 1. External history and sources
- 2. Spelling and sounds
- 3. Grammar
- 4. The lexicons of the World Englishes
- 5. English-influenced pidgins and creoles
- 6. Consequences of the spread of English
- 7. Conclusion
- Keywords
- Exercises
- Appendix A. Caribbean English
- Appendix B. South Asian English
- Appendix C. West African English
- Appendix D. Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Tok Pisin, a creole
- 10. Conclusion
- 1. From Old English to the present
- 2. Theories of language change
- 3. The linguistic cycle: Synthetic to analytic to synthetic again?
- 4. Some theories about language
- 5. Resources
- 6. Conclusion
- Excerpts from texts
- Practical projects
- Paper projects
- Appendix I. Possible answers to the exercises and some additional information on in-text questions
- Appendix II. How to use the OED
- Appendix III. Chronology of historical events
- References
- Index
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