Studies in the History of the English Language III

Many changes in the history of the English language give the appearance of a chaotic system, since they seem to resist the methods of analysis developed by historical linguists over the course of two centuries of modern research. In studies on all periods, many of the world's leading scholars of the English language recommend specific strategies for accounting for the seeming disarray of changes.



Christopher M. Cain, Towson University, USA; Geoffrey Russom, Brown University, USA.