Diachronic English Linguistics: An Introduction

adjectives alternation became belong borrowed called century chapter clause combinations comparative consequence consonant construction contains corresponding derivatives described Dictionary diphthong distinctive distribution earlier element EModE EModE period ending English English Language etymon examples expansion expression extension final French fricatives front functional genitive German given Grammar History illustrate indicative inflectional initial John language Latin less letter linguistic loan words London longer loss meaning merger Middle morpheme namely object occur OE period opposition original Oxford paradigm passive past patterns period person phoneme phonological plural position present productive pronouns Questions quot reconstruction reference regular relation relative represented respect result semantic short singular sound-change spelling stage stem stem vowel stressed strong structure substantives tense third tion variant velar verbal syntagm verbs voiced weak word classes York