Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations viii
4. To readers ix
5. 1 English in the Late Modern period 1
6. 2 Evidence of pronunciation 16
7. 3 Spelling systems 37
8. 4 Writers and the lexicon 53
9. 5 Grammar and grammars 76
10. 6 Language and social networks 100
11. 7 The language of letters and other text types 119
12. References 147
13. Index 160