Description
This book was first published in 1954, A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles is a valuable contribution to the field of English Grammar and Linguistics.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The basis. Consonants
3. The basis. Vowels and dipthongs
4. The basis . Quantity
5. Stress
6. The earliest changes
7. Early changes in consonant-groups
8. The great vowel-shift
9. Unstressed vowels
10. Loss of consonants and rise of
11. Seventeenth century vowel changes
12. Eighteenth century changes
13. Present English sounds. Consonants
14. Present English sounds. Vowels
15. Conclusion
