Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. PREFACE 3
3. CONTENTS 5
4. BIBLIOGRAPHY 7
5. THE POSITION OF OLD ENGLISH IN THE INDO-EUROPEAN FAMILY OF LANGUAGES 9
6. REPRESENTATIVE OLD ENGLISH TEXTS AND DIALECTS 11
7. ABBREVIATIONS 12
8. I. The development of the Indo-European vowels, diphthongs, and vocalic liquids and nasals in Proto-Germanic 13
9. II. The development of the Proto-Germanic vowels and diphthongs in West Germanic 17
10. III. The development of West Germanic vowels and diphthongs in Anglo-Frisian and in Old English in accented syllables before the eighth century 18
11. IV. The development of vowels in accented syllables in Old English before the eleventh century 27
12. V. The vowels in unaccented syllables 31
13. VI. The development of Indo-European consonants in Proto-Germanic 34
14. VII. The development of the Proto-Germanic consonants in West Germanic 39
15. VIII. The development of the West Germanic consonants in Old English 41