ABSTRACT

This comprehensive and accessible student workbook accompanies the fifth edition of Albert C. Baugh and Thomas Cable's History of the English Language.
Each chapter in the workbook corresponds directly to a chapter in the textbook and offers exercises, review questions, extensive supplementary examples, additional explanations and a range of sample extracts taken from texts of different periods. An additional 'pre-chapter' on the sounds of English also provides phonetic information and exercises that will prove useful throughout the book.
This third edition has been revised alongside the textbook and includes new exercises to accompany the sections on Gender Issues and Linguistic Change, and African American Vernacular English.
This workbook is an invaluable companion for all History of English Language courses.

chapter |8 pages

The Sounds of English

chapter 1|1 pages

English Present and Future

chapter 2|10 pages

The Indo-European Family of Languages

chapter 3|27 pages

Old English

chapter 4|6 pages

Foreign Influences on Old English

chapter 7|38 pages

Middle English

chapter 8|25 pages

The Renaissance, 1500–1650

chapter 9|7 pages

The Appeal to Authority, 1650–1800

chapter 10|16 pages

The Nineteenth Century and After

chapter 11|16 pages

The English Language in America