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Preface 1. English Present and Future  2. The Indo- European Family of Languages 3. Old English  4. Foreign Influences on Old English  5. The Norman Conquest and the Subjection of English, 1066–1200  6. The Reestablishment of English, 1200–1500  7. Middle English  8. The Renaissance, 1500–1650  9. The Appeal to Authority, 1650–1800  10. The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries  11.  The English Language in America  12. The Twenty-first Century  Appendix A: Specimens of the Middle English Dialects  Appendix B: English Spelling