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Tableofcontents
Preface..............................................................5
Abbreviations........................................................7
Introduction:Pre-OldEnglish
0.1.Classification..................................................9
0.2.PhonologicalfeaturesofGermanic.................................10
ChapterOne:OldEnglish(c.700-1100)
1.1.Historicalevents...............................................11
1.2.OldEnglishalphabet...........................................13
1.3.OldEnglishdialectsandtheearliestliterature........................13
1.4.OldEnglishpoetry.............................................16
1.5.ClassicalOldEnglish...........................................18
1.6.RemarksontheOldEnglishlanguage(West-Saxon)...................18
1.7.OldEnglishlexicon............................................22
1.8.LateOldEnglishsoundchanges...................................23
ChapterTwo:MiddleEnglish(c.1100-1500)
2.1.TheNormanConquestandafter...................................24
2.2.ThephonologyofFrenchdialects,andFrenchloanwordsinEnglish......26
2.3.Orthographicinnovations........................................27
2.4.Phonologicalandgrammaticalchanges.............................28
2.5.MiddleEnglishliterature........................................30
2.6.Thetransitionperiod(15c.)......................................38
2.7.Historicaleventsandliteratureinthe15thcentury....................40
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