A Linguistic History Of English by Don Ringe
From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic
A rigorous, evidence-based account of the development of English from its Proto-Indo-European ancestry through Proto-Germanic and Old English to the Middle English period, explaining major sound changes, grammatical restructuring, and lexical shifts. It integrates comparative-historical methods with sociohistorical context to clarify the effects of contact with Norse and Norman French, the chronology of changes, and dialectal divergence. The result is a clear, systematic explanation of how the language’s phonology, morphology, and syntax evolved over time.
- Published
- 2006
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 350-400
- Original Language
- English
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