Notes on the development of the principal sounds of Indo-European through proto-Germanic and West Germanic into Old English

The position of Old English in the Indo-European family of languages Representative Old English texts and dialects Abbreviations I. The development of the Indo-European vowels, diphthongs, and vocalic liquids and nasals in Proto-Germanic II. The development of the Proto-Germanic vowels and diphthongs in West Germanic III. The development of West Germanic vowels and diphthongs in Anglo-Frisian and in Old English in accented syllables before the eighth century IV. The development of vowels in accented syllables in Old English before the eleventh century V. The vowels in unaccented syllables VI. The development of Indo-European consonants in Proto-Germanic VII. The development of the Proto-Germanic consonants in West Germanic VIII. The development of the West Germanic consonants in Old English

THIS book is intended for the beginning student in Germanic Philology and, in particular, for students of Old English.