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Prefaces; 1. Modelling English; Part I. The History of English: 2. Theorigins of English; 3. Old English; 4. Middle English; 5. Early ModernEnglish; 6. Modern English; 7. World English; Part II. English Vocabulary: 8.The nature of the lexicon; 9. The sources of the lexicon; 10. Etymology; 11.The structure of the lexicon; 12. Lexical dimensions; Part III. EnglishGrammar: 13. Grammatical mythology; 14. The structure of words; 15. Wordclasses; 16. The structure of sentences; Part IV. Spoken and Written English:17. The sound system; 18. The writing system; Part V. Using English: 19.Varieties of discourse; 20. Regional variation; 21. Social variation; 22.Personal variation; 23. Electronic variation; Part VI. Learning aboutEnglish: 24. Learning English as a mother tongue; 25. New ways of studyingEnglish; Appendices; Indexes.