HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: S K E T C H E S

This volume is an attempt to outline the historical development of the English language from ancient times to the Middle English period. The book does not claim to be a regular textbook of English historical phonetics either. It is rather in the nature of a brief historical commentary on English pronunciation in its rela¬tion to spelling. The book is designed primarily for use by teachers of English, both at secondary school and college level. But it can also be used, in addition to the existing English language history manuals, by undergraduates at English language departments of Universities and Pedagogical Institutes, as well as by any person interested in his¬torical explanation of Modern English reading rules and the peculiar reading of some individual words, or in the origin of some phonetic features of present-day English.