Textbooks (other editions also work):
- Hogg, R. & D. Denison (eds.) 2006. A History of the English Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Quirk, R. & C.L. Wrenn.1990. An Old English Grammar. London: Routledge.
Compendium with notes, texts and article:
Notes:
- Notes on OE and ME language; note on ‘the Great Vowel Shift’
Primary texts:
- Old English: ‘The Battle of Ashdown’, ‘The Voyage of Ohthere’, ‘The Nativity of Christ’
- Middle English: ‘The Nativity of Christ’, the Ormulum (extract), The Wife of Bath’s Tale (Chaucer; extract)
- Early Modern English: ‘Seeing the Wind’ (Ascham), ‘Inkhorn Terms’ (Wilson), Pandosto (Greene; extract)
Article:
- Cameron, K. 1996. ‘Ch. 6: Scandinavian place-names’; pp. 73-87. In: English place names. London: BT Batsford.
Supplementary/recommended reading
- Algeo, J. & C. Butcher. 2016 [7th ed.]. The Origins and Development of the English Language. Boston: Wadsworth.
- Bech, K. 2016. Fra englisc til English – et spr?k blir til. Pax Forlag.
- Bennett, J.A.W. & G.V. Smithers (eds.). 1966. ‘Early Middle English’; pp. xviii-lviii of Early Middle English Verse and Prose, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Crystal, D. 2012. English as a Global Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.