From Old English to Standard English

A Course Book in Language Variations Across Time

Dennis Freeborn

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781403998804
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9780230207684
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Historical & Comparative Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This practical course book explores the development of the language from Old English to the establishment of Standard English. This third edition has been expanded to provide further background information, with a supplementary website and new sections to outline the development of writing hands and provide a brief introduction to palaeography.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface to the third edition
• Preface to the second edition
• Symbols
• Texts and facsimiles
• Acknowledgements
• 1 INTRODUCTION
• 2 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS BROUGHT TO BRITAIN
• 3 OLD ENGLISH I
• 4 OLD ENGLISH II
• 5 From Old English to Middle English
• 6 EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH – 12TH CENTURY
• 7 EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH – 13TH CENTURY
• 8 NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TEXTS COMPARED
• 9 THE 14TH CENTURY – SOUTHERN AND KENTISH DIALECTS
• 10 THE 14TH CENTURY – NORTHERN DIALECTS
• 11 THE 14TH CENTURY – WEST MIDLANDS DIALECTS
• 12 THE 14TH CENTURY – EAST MIDLANDS AND LONDON DIALECTS
• 13 THE LONDON DIALECT – CHAUCER, LATE 14TH CENTURY
• 14 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH I – THE 15TH CENTURY
• 15 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH II – THE 16TH CENTURY (I)
• 16 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH III – THE 16TH CENTURY (II)
• 17 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH IV – THE 17TH CENTURY (I)
• 18 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH V – THE 17TH CENTURY (II)
• 19 MODERN ENGLISH – THE 18TH CENTURY
• 20 FROM OLD ENGLISH TO MODERN ENGLISH – COMPARING HISTORICAL TEXTS
• 21 POSTSCRIPT – TO THE PRESENT DAY
• Bibliography
• Index