To readers

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables viii
4. To readers ix
5. 1 The Early Modern English period 1
6. 2 Sources for the study of Early Modern English 12
7. 3 Towards a standard language 29
8. 4 Old words and loan words 45
9. 5 Word-formation and semantic change 59
10. 6 Nouns and pronouns 73
11. 7 Verbs, adjectives and adverbs 89
12. 8 Syntactic structures 103
13. 9 Changing pronunciation 118
14. 10 Language in the community 134
15. Appendices 1–2: Early Modern English texts 149
16. References 161
17. Index 171