Workbook for Algeo/Pyle’s The Origins and

This workbook contains a variety of chapter-by-chapter exercises that can be used either in or out of class and that reinforce material presented in the text.

Preface

v

Language and the English Language: An Introduction

1

(21)

The Sounds of Current English

22

(19)

Letters and Sounds: A Brief History of Writing

41

(24)

The Backgrounds of English

65

(29)

The Old English Period (449-1100)

94

(30)

The Middle English Period (1100--1500)

124

(24)

The Early Modern English Period (1500--1800): Society, Spellings, and Sounds

148

(25)

The Early Modern English Period (1500--1800): Forms, Syntax, and Usage

173

(30)

Late Modern English (1800--21st Century)

203

(15)

Words and Meanings

218

(15)

New Words from Old

233

(19)

Foreign Elements in the English Word Stock

252

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Workbook for Algeo/Pyle’s The Origins and Development of the English Language, 5th

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