Essential bibliography

There is no textbook for this course. At the beginning of each unit, handouts with the necessary material to follow the class will be distributed in class. Reading material and exercises will be available from the Photocopy Service. The lecturer will provide an updated list of web resources, including online early English grammars, exercises for self-study, data banks, dictionary and corpora sites, font pages, search tools, etc. All the materials (in-class and external sources) will be uploaded to the university e-learning platform.

Brinton, L. & L. Arnovik. 2006. The English Language. A Linguistic History. Oxford: O.U.P.

Barber, C., J.C. Beal & P.A. Shaw. 2009. The English Language. A Historical Introduction. Cambridge: C.U.P.

Freeborn, D. 1998. From Old English to Standard English. A Course Book in Language Variation across Time. 2nd edn. London: Macmillan.

Gelderen, E. van 2006. A History of the English Language. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Görlach, M. 1997. The Linguistic History of English. An Introduction. London: Macmillan.

Hogg, R. 2002. An Introduction to Old English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Horobin, S. & J.J. Smith 2002. An Introduction to Middle English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Millward, C.M. 2012. A Biography of the English Language. 3rd edn. Fort Worth: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Nevalainen, T. 2006. An Introduction to Early Modern English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Pyles, T. & J. Algeo. 2014. The Origins and Development of the English Language. 7th edn. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich.

Tieken-Boon van Ostade, I. 2009. An Introduction to Late Modern English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Other recommended bibliographic sources

1. History of the English language

Bailey, R.W. 1992. Images of English: A Cultural History of the Language. Cambridge.

Barber, C. 1993. The English Language. A Historical Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Baugh, A.C. & T. Cable. 2002. A History of the English Language. 5th edn. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Berndt, R. 1989. History of the English Language. Leipzig: VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie.

Blake, N.F. 1996. A History of the English Language. London: Macmillan.

Brinton, L. & L. Arnovik. 2006. The English Language. A Linguistic History. Oxford: O.U.P.

Burchfield, R. 1985. The English Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Burnley , D. 1992a. The History of the English Language: A Source Book. Harlow: Longman.

Cruz Cabanillas, I. de la & J. Martín Arista (eds.) 2001. Linguística Histórica Inglesa. Barcelona: Ariel

Crystal, D. 2005. The Stories of English. London: Penguin.

Culpeper, J. 2005. History of English. 2nd ed. London & New York: Routledge.

Fennell, B. 2001. A History of English. A Sociolinguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell.

Fernández, F. 1982. Historia de la lengua inglesa. 1st edn. Madrid: Gredos.

Fisiak, J. 1995. An Outline History of English I: External History. Poznan: Kantor Wydawniczy Saww.

Freeborn, D. 1998. From Old English to Standard English. A Course Book in Language Variation across Time. 2nd edn. London: Macmillan.

Gelderen, E. van 2006. A History of the English Language. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Görlach, M. 1997. The Linguistic History of English. An Introduction. London: Macmillan. (Original: 1974. Einführung in die englische Sprachgeschichte. Heidelberg: Quelle & Meyer).

Graddol, D., D. Leith & J. Swann (eds.) 1996. English History, Diversity and Change. London & New York: The Open University.

Guardia Massó, P. 1991a. Breve Historia del Inglés. Barcelona: PPU.

Hogg, R. (gen. ed.) 1992-2000. The Cambridge History of the English Language, vols I-V .

Hogg, R. & D. Denison (eds.) 2006. A History of the English language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hussey, S. 1995. The English Language. Structure and Development. London: Longman.

Jucker, A.H. 2000. History of English and English Historical Linguistics. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag.

Lass, R. 1987. The Shape of English. Structure and History. London: Dent & Sons Ltd.[out of stock at the moment]

Leith , D. 1997. A Social History of English. 2nd edn. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

McIntyre, D. 2009. History of English: A Resource Book for Students. London: Routledge.

McLaughlin, J.C. 1970. Aspects of the History of English. New York: Holt.

Millward, C.M. 2012. A Biography of the English Language. 3rd edn. Chicago: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Mugglestone, L. (ed.) 2006. The Oxford History of English. Oxford: O.U.P.

Pyles, T. & J. Algeo. 2014. The Origins and Development of the English Language. 7th edn. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich.

Rydén, M. 1979. An Introduction to the Historical Study of English Syntax. Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell. [out of stock]

Scragg, D.G. 2011. A History of English Spelling. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Serjeantson, M.S. 1968. A History of Foreign Words in English. London: Routledge.

Sheard, J.A. 1970. The Words We Use. London: Andrè Deutsch. [out of stock]

Singh, I. 2005. The History of English. London : Hodder Arnold.

Smith, J. 1996. An Historical Study of English. Function, Form and Change. London: Routledge.

Smith, J. 2005. Essentials of Early English : An Introduction to Old, Middle and Early Modern English. London: Routledge.

Strang, B.M.H. 1970. A History of English. London: Methuen.

Tejada Caller, P. 1999. El cambio lingüístico. Claves para interpretar la lengua inglesa. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.

Verdaguer, I. & A. Poch 1998. Història de la llengua anglesa I. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona.

Visser, F.T. 1963-73. An Historical Syntax of the English Language, 4 vols. Leiden: Brill.

2. Historical Linguistics

Aitchinson, J. 2013. Language Change: Progress or Decay? 4th edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Anderson , J.M. 1986. Structural Aspects of Language Change. London: Longman.

Bauer, L. 1997. Watching English Change. London and New York: Longman.

Beard ,A. 2004. Language change. New York: Routledge.

Bynon, T. 1977. Historical Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Campbell , L. 2004 Historical Linguistics. An Introduction. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Croft, W. 2000. Explaining Language Change: An Evolutionary Approach. London: Longman.

Crowley , T. 2010. An Introduction to Historical Linguistics. 4th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Harris, A.C. & L. Campbell 1995. Historical Syntax in Cross-linguistic Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hock, H.H. 1991. Principles of Historical Linguistics. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Hock, H.H. & B.D. Joseph 1996. Language History, Language Change and Language Relationship. An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter.

Jeffers, R.J. & I. Lehiste 1979. Principles and Methods for Historical Linguistics. Cambridge (Mass.): The MIT Press.

Jucker, A.H. 2000. History of English and English Historical Linguistics. Stuttgart: Klett.

Labov, W. 1994. Principles of Linguistic Change: Internal Factors. Oxford: Blackwell.

Labov, W. 2001. Principles of Linguistic Change: Social Factors. Oxford: Blackwell

Lass, R. 2009 [1980]. On Explaining Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lass, R. 1997. Historical Linguistics and Language Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Lehmann, W.P. 1992. Historical Linguistics. An Introduction. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.

Lightfoot, D.W. 1999. The Development of Language. Acquisition, Change and Evolution . Oxford: Blackwell.

Mcmahon, A., 1994. Understanding Language Change. Cambridge: C.U.P.

Samuels, M.L. 1972. Linguistic Evolution with Special Reference to English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Schendl, H. 2001. Historical Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Sihler, A.L. 2000. Language History. An Introduction. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Singh, I. & M. Jones 2005. Exploring Language Change. London: Routledge.

Trask, R.L. 1994. Language Change. London & New York: Routledge.

Trask, R.L. 1996. Historical Linguistics. London: Arnold.

3. Exercise books

Algeo, J. 1982. Problems in the Origins and Development of the English Language. 3rd edn. New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich.[out of stock]

Cable, T. 2002. A Companion to Baugh and Cable’s History of the English Language. 3rd edn. London: Routledge.

Freeborn, D. 1998. From Old English to Standard English. A Course Book in Language Variation across Time. 2nd edn. London: Macmillan.

Millward, C.M. 2012. A Biography of the English Language. Workbook. 3rd edn. Fort Worth and Orlando: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.

Tejada Caller, P. 2002. Historia de la lengua inglesa para españoles. Materiales de trabajo. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.

4. Old English grammars

Baker, P.S. 2003. Introduction to Old English. Oxford: Blackwell.

Brook, G.L. 1955. An Introduction to Old English. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

Campbell , A. 1959. 1959. Old English Grammar. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Cruz, J.M. de la. 1986. Iniciación Práctica al Inglés Antiguo. Madrid : Alhambra.

Hogg, R. 1992. A Grammar of Old English. I: Phonology. Basil Blackwell.

Hogg, R. (ed.) 1992. The Cambridge History of the English Language, vol. I. he Beginnings to 1066. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hogg, R. 2002. An Introduction to Old English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Hough, C. & J. Corbett. 2006. Beginning Old English. London: Routledge.

Lass, R. 1994. Old English. A Historical Linguistic Companion. Cambridge: Cambridge University press.

McCully, C. & S. Hilles. 2005. The Earliest English: An Introduction to Old English Language. London: Longman.

Mitchell, B. 1985. Old English Syntax. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Mitchell, B. 1995. An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell.

Mitchell, B. & F.C. Robinson. 2001. A Guide to Old English. Revised with Prose and Verse Texts and a Glossary. 6th edn. Oxford: Blackwell.

Quirk, R. & L. Wrenn. 2001. An Old English Grammar. 2nd edn. London: Methuen.

Robinson, O.W. 1992. Old English and Its Closest Relatives. London: Routledge.

Smith, J.J. 2009. Old English: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wright, J. & E.M. Wright. 1925. Old English Grammar. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

5. Middle English grammars

Blake, N.F. (ed.) 1992. The Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol. II. Cambridge: C. U. P.

Brunner, K. 1963. An Outline of Middle English Grammar. Oxford: Blackwell. [out of stock]

Burrow, J.A. & T. Turville-Petre 1997. A Book of Middle English. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell.

Horobin, S. & J.J. Smith 2002. An Introduction to Middle English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Jones, C. 1972. An Introduction to Middle English. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Mossé, F. 1952. A Handbook of Middle English. Baltimore, Mass.: The John Hopkins Press.

Mustanoja, T.F. 1960. A Middle English Syntax. Part I. Parts of Speech. Helsinki: Société Néophilologique. [out of stock]

Wright, J & E.M. Wright. 1928. An Elementary Middle English Grammar. 2nd edn. Oxford: University Press.

6. Modern English grammars

Barber, C. 1997. Early Modern English. 2nd edn. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Beal, J.C. 2004. English in Modern Times: 1700-1945. London: Hodder Arnold.

Biber, D., S. Johansson, G. Leech, S. Conrad & E. Finegan 1999. Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English. London: Longman.

Görlach, M. 1991. Introduction to Early Modern English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Görlach, M. 1999. English in Nineteenth-Century England. An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Görlach, M. 2001. Eighteenth-Century English. Heidelberg: C. Winter.

Huddleston, R. & G.K. Pullum 2002. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Lass, R. (ed.) 1999. The Cambridge History of the English Language, vol. III. 1476-1776. Cambridge: C. U. P.

Nevalainen, T. 2006. An Introduction to Early Modern English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Quirk, R., S. Greenbaum, G. Leech & J. Svartvik, 1985. A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman.

Tieken-Boon van Ostade, I. 2009. An Introduction to Late Modern English . Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

7. Resources on the web

Students are encouraged to visit the HEL (History of English) Website: https://sites.google.com/site/helontheweb/