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Lee Yan Fong Library
Library Collection
Lee Yan Fong Library |
PE1075 B76 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | 00018449 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [582]-594) and index.
Studying the history of English -- The sounds and writing of English -- Causes and mechanisms of language change -- The Indo-European language family and Proto-Indo-European -- Germanic and the development of Old English -- The words and sounds of Old English -- The grammar of Old English -- The rise of Middle English : words and sounds -- The grammar of Middle English and the rise of a written standard -- The words, sounds, and inflections of Early Modern English -- Early Modern English verbal constructions and eighteenth-century prescriptivism -- Modern English -- Varieties of English -- Appendix A : Quick reference guide -- Appendix B : timeline of historical, literary, and linguistic events in the history of English.