Historical Outlines of English Phonology and Middle English Grammar For Courses in Chaucer, Middle English, and the History of the English Language

English grammar is widely agreed to be an imperfect system. However, looking at where English came from and how it evolved can help one understand how and why these systems are the way they are. This book focuses on middle English pronunciation, a useful tool to understanding the evolution. Pronunciation is difficult to express in writing, so linguists have developed a phonetic alphabet with which to spell out the proper sound a word should have.