History of the English language, writing, and punctuation. History of the English language continued. Rise of standard English, Chancery. Linguistic autobiography due. How the sounds fit , variations and interplay.
Phonemes are our friends.
Old English, Middle English, Great Vowel Shift, Early Modern, Modern. Hamlet's words, words, words. Free the bound morphemes. OE, ME, MdE. Lexical change. Dictionary project due.