Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Periodization in the History of the English Language -- Chapter 3: Phonology -- Chapter 4: Prosody -- Chapter 5: Morphology -- Chapter 6: Syntax -- Chapter 7: Semantics and Lexicon -- Chapter 8: Idioms and Fixed Expressions -- Chapter 9: Pragmatics and Discourse -- Chapter 10: Onomastics -- Chapter 11: Orthography -- Chapter 12: Styles, Registers, Genres, Text Types -- Chapter 13: Standards in the History of English -- Index