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Chapter 10: Conclusion

This chapter summarizes the changes in English throughout its history. The links given here provide resources for interested students who wish to learn more.

Useful Links

Universal Grammar

Wikipedia provides an article on Universal Grammar, a theory which claims there are certain characteristics common to all human languages.

Noam Chomsky

There is a site on Noam Chomsky.

ZNet offers an archive of Chomsky's online materials.

Grammaticalization

Christian Lehmann of the University of Erfurt has published a lengthy article on grammaticalization.

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One - Introduction
Two - Sounds & Grammar
Three - Pre-Old English
Four - Old English
Five - Old to Middle English
Six - Middle English
Seven - Early Modern English
Eight - Modern English
Nine - World English
Ten - Conclusion

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