Preface to Historical Linguistics of English

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface to Historical Linguistics of English v
3. Contents ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. In memoriam xvii
6. General abbreviations xix
7. I Periods
8. 1 Periods: Pre-Old English 1
9. 2 Periods: Old English 19
10. 3 Periods: Middle English 32
11. 4 Periods: Early Modern English 48
12. 5 Periods: Late Modern English 63
13. 6 Periods: Contemporary English 78
14. II Linguistic Levels
15. 7 Linguistic Levels: Phonology 97
16. 8 Linguistic Levels: Prosody 113
17. 9 Linguistic Levels: Morphology 129
18. 10 Linguistic Levels: Syntax 148
19. 11 Linguistic Levels: Semantics and lexicon 164
20. 12 Linguistic Levels: Idioms and fixed expressions 177
21. 13 Linguistic Levels: Pragmatics and discourse 197
22. 14 Linguistic Levels: Onomastics 212
23. 15 Linguistic Levels: Orthography 224
24. 16 Linguistic Levels: Styles, registers, genres, text types 237
25. III Old English
26. 17 Old English: Phonology 255
27. 18 Old English: Morphology 272
28. 19 Old English: Syntax 294
29. 20 Old English: Semantics and lexicon 313
30. 21 Old English: Pragmatics and discourse 325
31. 22 Old English: Dialects 340
32. 23 Old English: Language contact 362
33. 24 Old English: Standardization 373
34. 25 Old English: Literary language 385
35. IV Middle English
36. 26 Middle English: Phonology 399
37. 27 Middle English: Morphology 415
38. 28 Middle English: Syntax 435
39. 29 Middle English: Semantics and lexicon 450
40. 30 Middle English: Pragmatics and discourse 466
41. 31 Middle English: Dialects 480
42. 32 Middle English: Language contact 505
43. 33 Middle English: Standardization 519
44. 34 Middle English: Sociolinguistics 534
45. 35 Middle English: Literary language 551
46. 36 Middle English: The language of Chaucer 576
47. V Early Modern English
48. 37 Early Modern English: Phonology 589
49. 38 Early Modern English: Morphology 604
50. 39 Early Modern English: Syntax 621
51. 40 Early Modern English: Lexicon and semantics 637
52. 41 Early Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse 652
53. 42 Early Modern English: Dialects 668
54. 43 Early Modern English: Language contact 685
55. 44 Early Modern English: Standardization 698
56. 45 Early Modern English: Sociolinguistics 714
57. 46 Early Modern English: Pronouns 731
58. 47 Early Modern English: Periphrastic DO 743
59. 48 Early Modern English: The Great Vowel Shift 756
60. 49 Early Modern English: Relativization 776
61. 50 Early Modern English: Literary language 791
62. 51 Early Modern English: The language of Shakespeare 808
63. VI Late Modern English
64. 52 Late Modern English: Phonology 827
65. 53 Late Modern English: Morphology 842
66. 54 Late Modern English: Syntax 869
67. 55 Late Modern English: Semantics and lexicon 887
68. 56 Late Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse 901
69. 57 Late Modern English: Dialects 915
70. 58 Late Modern English: Standardization 939
71. 59 Late Modern English: Sociolinguistics 952
72. VII Standardization
73. 60 Standardization: Prescriptive tradition 967
74. 61 Standardization: The complaint tradition 980
75. 62 Standardization: Standards in the history of English 994
76. 63 Standardization: Codifiers 1006
77. 64 Standardization: English language regard: attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies 1020
78. 65 Standardization: Bible translations 1039
79. 66 Standardization: Dictionaries and the standardization of English 1050
80. VIII English and the media
81. 67 English and the media: Newspapers 1063
82. 68 English and the media: Television 1075
83. 69 English and the media: Radio 1089
84. 70 English and the media: Internet 1105
85. Index 1119