"Historical linguistics can be seen as a species of corpus linguistics, since the texts of a historical period or a "dead" language form a closed corpus of data which can only be extended by the (re-)discovery of previously unknown manuscripts or books." www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/monkey/ihe/linguistics/corpus4/4hist.htm
Currently comprise North Caucasian, Sino-Tibetan, Yenisseian, Altaic, Chukchee-Kamchatkan, Dravidian, and (partly) Semitic (proto-) languages. With reconstructed protoforms (including intermediary) and the attested forms in daughter tongues for each etymo starling.rinet.ru/Intrab.htm
An interactive introduction to the Great Vowel Shift, a major sound change in the English language. Includes sound and animation. www.furman.edu/~mmenzer/gvs
Eleven-page paper describing how the early Sumerians invented their language, with a complete lexicon of the first words in their language. www.sumerian.org/prot-sum.htm
"Chronology of Events in the History of English" summarizing the emergence and evolution of the language spanning 5 millenia. www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words/chron.html
A considerable collection of online materials related to the history of English: texts, publications, fonts and course syllabuses. Includes Pre-History, Old English, Middle English, early Modern English and the spread of English beyond the British Isles. ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html
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