Chapter 1
The Origins of English
1.1 The Origins of Human Language
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(Models of change continued)
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(Examples of Reconstruction continued)
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1.2 Language Change
1.3 Changes in Germanic before the invasions of Britain
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Introduction to Old English – See separate document
Sound change: the Germanic Sound Shifts
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1.4 The World of the Germanic Peoples
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1.5 The Germanic Migrations
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