1. Introduction 2. The basis. Consonants 3. The basis. Vowels and dipthongs 4. The basis . Quantity 5. Stress 6. The earliest changes 7. Early changes in consonant-groups 8. The great vowel-shift 9. Unstressed vowels 10. Loss of consonants and rise of 11. Seventeenth century vowel changes 12. Eighteenth century changes 13. Present English sounds. Consonants 14. Present English sounds. Vowels 15. Conclusion
