In:A History of the English Language: Revised edition
Elly van Gelderen
[Not in series 183] 2014
► pp. 33–50
Chapter 3Before Old English
Article outline
- 1.Origins of language
- 2.Earliest writings
- 3.Indo-European to Germanic: Sound changes
- 4.Indo-European to Germanic: Changes in morphology and syntax
- 5.Reconstruction methods
- 6.Politics and reconstruction
- 7.Conclusion
- Exercises
