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Popularly viewed as eccentric and illogical, dismissed by linguists as fixed and therefore uninteresting, English spelling is the Cinderella of mod...

Popularly viewed as eccentric and illogical, dismissed by linguists as fixed and therefore uninteresting, English spelling is the Cinderella of mod...

This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and...

An Introduction to Middle English is designed to provide undergraduate students of English historical linguistics with a concise description of the...

An Introduction to Middle English is designed to provide undergraduate students of English historical linguistics with a concise description of the...

This authoritative survey offers a concise description of Middle English, the language of Chaucer, during the period from 1100 to 1500. Middle Engl...

This book narrates the history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons to the present-day, charting the various changes that have taken place and...

The English language has changed dramatically over the past 500 years, making it increasingly difficult for students to read Chaucer's works. Assum...

A study of the language of Chaucerian manuscripts, printed editions and Chaucer's 15th century followers. Winner of the 2005 Beatrice White Prize ...

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you...