Este libro de texto pretende hacer un repaso claro e informal de la historia de la lengua inglesa. Aunque no se trata de llevar a cabo una descripción sociolingüística exhaustiva de los diferentes periodos en los que se divide la historia del inglés, debe quedar claro que la lengua ha cambiado porque es utilizada por la sociedad y, por tanto, no se puede entender una sin la otra.
Cover
Title-page
Copyright
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Preface and acknowledgements
UNIT 1. LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
1.1. Getting started
1.2. Why should we study the history of English?
1.3. The different levels of language analysis
1.4. Synchronic and diachronic considerations
1.5. Internal and external forces in linguistic change
1.6. Take Historical Linguistics with a pinch of salt
1.7. Etymological Dictionaries and historical corpora
1.7.1. Etymological dictionaries
1.7.2. Linguistic corpora
1.8. Think before you reply: Answer keys
1.9. Exercises
UNIT 2. BEFORE OLD ENGLISH
2.1. Indo-European
2.1.1. The Indo-European family of languages
2.1.2. Indo-European culture
2.2. The Germanic family
2.3. Think before you reply: Answer keys
2.4. Exercises
2.5. Answer section
UNIT 3. OLD ENGLISH
3.1. External history and its influence on the language
3.1.1. Celtic influence
3.1.2. Roman influence (43 CE)
3.1.3. The Germanic tribes: The Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes (449 CE)
3.1.4. The Scandinavian Invasion: The Vikings (787-1042)
3.2. Main linguistic features of Old English
3.2.1. Spelling: The Old English alphabet
3.2.2. Phonology: Main sound changes in Old English
3.2.3. Morphology
3.2.3.1. Nouns
3.2.3.2. Adjectives
3.2.3.3. Demonstratives
3.2.3.4. Pronouns
3.2.3.5. Verbs
3.2.3.6. Adverbs
3.2.3.7. Wrapping up OE morphology
3.2.4. Syntax
3.2.4.1. The syntax of phrases
3.2.4.2. The syntax of clauses
3.2.4.3. The syntax of sentences
3.2.5. Lexis
3.2.5.1. Expansion of vocabulary by means of native resources
3.2.5.2. Expansion of vocabulary by means of non-native resources
3.3. Old English written production
3.3.1. A History of the English Church and People and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
3.3.2. Beowulf
3.3.3. The Exeter Book
3.4. Think before you reply: Answer keys
3.5. Exercises
3.6. Answer section
UNIT 4. MIDDLE ENGLISH
4.1. External history and its influence on the language
4.2. The construction of Middle English isoglosses and the emergence of a new standard
4.3. Main linguistic features of Middle English
4.3.1. Spelling
4.3.2. Phonology
4.3.3. Morphology
4.3.3.1. Nouns
4.3.3.2. Adjectives
4.3.3.3. Demonstratives and articles
4.3.3.4. Pronouns
4.3.3.5. Verbs
4.3.4. Syntax
4.3.4.1. The syntax of phrases
4.3.4.2. The syntax of clauses
4.3.4.3. The syntax of sentences
4.3.5. Lexis
4.4. Middle English literary production
4.5. Think before you reply: Answer keys
4.6. Exercises
4.7. Answer section
UNIT 5. MODERN ENGLISH
5.1. External history and its influence on the language
5.2. The standardisation of English
5.3. Main linguistic features of Modern English
5.3.1. Phonology
5.3.1.1. Vowels
5.3.1.2. Consonants
5.3.2. Morphology
5.3.2.1. Nouns
5.3.2.2. Adjectives
5.3.2.3. Determiners
5.3.2.4. Pronouns
5.3.2.5. Verbs
5.3.3. Syntax
5.3.3.1. The syntax of phrases
5.3.3.2. The syntax of clauses
5.3.4. Lexis
5.4. Modern English literary production
5.5. Think before you reply: Answer keys
5.6. Exercises
5.7. Answer section
UNIT 6. PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH AND WORLD ENGLISHES
6.1. World englishes: A socio-historical context
6.1.1. From England to the New World
6.1.2. From England to Asia and Africa
6.3. The establishment of the different varieties of English
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