Hans Sauer and Monika Kirner-Ludwig (2021). Evolution of English: Studying the Past, Understanding the Present. Tübingen: Stauffenburg
Hans Sauer and Monika Kirner-Ludwig (2021). Evolution of English: Studying the Past, Understanding the Present. Tübingen: Stauffenburg

Summary/Abstract: The book is an introduction to the history of the English language for students at every level and is divided into 11 chapters (excluding the Appendices), dealing in turn with the main areas of linguistic research: language and language change, basic linguistic concepts, the chronology of English, writing and orthography, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, vocabulary, text and context, standard language and varieties. Chapters from the Periods of English to Morphology are further divided into three periods — Old English, Middle English and Modern English. Chapters 3 (The periods of English) and 5 (Phonology: pronunciation and sound systems) go further into West Germanic and Proto-Germanic, and, where relevant, Proto-Indo-European. Furthermore, each chapter is accompanied by a brief list of suggested reading.

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