TY - BOOK AU - Gramley, Stephan TI - The History of English: An Introduction SN - 9781138501096 U1 - 420.9 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - History - English N1 - Part I. Before Britain 1. The origins of English (before 450) Part II. Early English in Britain 2. Old English: early Germanic Britain (450 700) 3. 3. Old English: the Viking invasions and their consequences (700 1066/1100) 4. Middle English: the non-standard period (1066/1100 1350) 5. Middle English: the emergence of Standard English (1350-1500) 6. The Early Modern English period (1500-1700) Part III. Britain and beyond 7. The spread of English (since the late sixteenth century) 8. Standard and non-standard English (Modern English) 9. English pidgins, English Creoles, and English (since the early seventeenth century) 10. Grammatical change in Modern English 11. Pronunciation change in Modern English 12. Vocabulary and spelling change in Modern English Part IV. World-wide English 13. Global English (since 1945) ER -