Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on Texts and Letter Forms vii
4. Preface to the Revised Edition ix
5. INTRODUCTION: Finding English, Finding Us 1
6. 1. Caedmon Learns to Sing 12
7. 2. From Beowulf to Wulfstan 25
8. 3. In This Year 39
9. 4. From Kingdom to Realm 54
10. 5. Lord of This Langage 70
11. 6. I Is as Ille a Millere as Are Ye 85
12. 7. The Great Vowel Shift and the Changing Character of English 101
13. 8. Chancery, Caxton, and the Making of English Prose 115
14. 9. I Do, I Will 129
15. 10. A Universal Hubbub Wild 141
16. 11. Visible Speech 153
17. 12. A Harmless Drudge 167
18. 13. Horrid, Hooting Stanzas 181
19. 14. Antses in the Sugar 192
20. 15. Hello, Dude 207
21. 16. Ready for the Funk 220
22. 17. Pioneers Through an Untrodden Forest 235
23. 18. Listening to Private Ryan 246
24. 19. He Speaks in Your Voice 258
25. 20. Faith in English 267
26. Epilogue: The Talk and the Text 285
27. Appendix: English Sounds and Their Representation 293
28. Glossary 297
29. References and Further Reading 303
30. Acknowledgments 317
31. Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition 319
32. Index 321