Jeremy Smith is Professor of English Philology in the University of Glasgow. His publications include Essentials of Early EnglishR^ (second edition, 2005), An Introduction to Middle EnglishR^ (with Simon Horobin, 2002), and An Historical Study of EnglishR^ (1996). He is a contributor to the Oxford History of EnglishR^ edited by Lynda Mugglestone (2006).

...stimulating and challenging, surely a fine addition to the excellent literature on English sound change.

• Notations and Conventions ; 1. On Explaining Sound-Change ; 2. On Evidence ; 3. Phonological Approaches and Processes ; 4. From Pre-English to Old English ; 5. From Old to Middle English ; 6. From Middle to Early Modern English ; 7. On the Historiography of Sound-Change ; Appendix 1 The Principal Sound-Changes From Proto-Germanic to Early Modern English ; Appendix 2 Middle English Open Syllable Lengthening of I, U ; Suggestions for Further Reading ; References ; Thematic Index

Jeremy Smith is Professor of English Philology in the University of Glasgow. His publications include Essentials of Early EnglishR^ (second edition, 2005), An Introduction to Middle EnglishR^ (with Simon Horobin, 2002), and An Historical Study of EnglishR^ (1996). He is a contributor to the Oxford History of EnglishR^ edited by Lynda Mugglestone (2006).

...stimulating and challenging, surely a fine addition to the excellent literature on English sound change.

• Notations and Conventions ; 1. On Explaining Sound-Change ; 2. On Evidence ; 3. Phonological Approaches and Processes ; 4. From Pre-English to Old English ; 5. From Old to Middle English ; 6. From Middle to Early Modern English ; 7. On the Historiography of Sound-Change ; Appendix 1 The Principal Sound-Changes From Proto-Germanic to Early Modern English ; Appendix 2 Middle English Open Syllable Lengthening of I, U ; Suggestions for Further Reading ; References ; Thematic Index

Jeremy Smith is Professor of English Philology in the University of Glasgow. His publications include Essentials of Early EnglishR^ (second edition, 2005), An Introduction to Middle EnglishR^ (with Simon Horobin, 2002), and An Historical Study of EnglishR^ (1996). He is a contributor to the Oxford History of EnglishR^ edited by Lynda Mugglestone (2006).

...stimulating and challenging, surely a fine addition to the excellent literature on English sound change.

• Notations and Conventions ; 1. On Explaining Sound-Change ; 2. On Evidence ; 3. Phonological Approaches and Processes ; 4. From Pre-English to Old English ; 5. From Old to Middle English ; 6. From Middle to Early Modern English ; 7. On the Historiography of Sound-Change ; Appendix 1 The Principal Sound-Changes From Proto-Germanic to Early Modern English ; Appendix 2 Middle English Open Syllable Lengthening of I, U ; Suggestions for Further Reading ; References ; Thematic Index