A History of the English Language

Fifth Edition Baugh and Cable's A History of the English Language has long been considered the standard work in the field. A History of the English Language is a comprehensive exploration of the linguistic and cultural development of English, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The book provides students with a balanced and up-to-date overview of the history of the language. The fifth edition has been revised and updated to keep students up to date with recent developments in the field. Revisions include: • a revised first chapter, 'English present and future' • a new section on gender issues and linguistic change • updated material on African-American Vernacular English A student supplement for this book is available, entitled Companion to A History of the English Language.

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Originally written as exam study notes for "History of the English Language" at the Institute of English Philology, Wrocław University in 2007-08 and again in 2008-09.

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This handbook takes stock of recent advances in the history of English, the most studied language in the field of diachronic linguistics. Not only does ample and invaluable data exist due to English’s status as a global language, but the availability of large electronic corpora has also allowed historical linguists to analyze more of this data than ever before, and to rethink standard assumptions about language history and the methods and approaches to its study. In 68 chapters from specialists whose fields range from statistical modeling to acoustic phonetics, this handbook presents the field in an innovative way, setting a new standard of cross-theoretical collaboration, and rethinking the evidence of language change in English over the centuries. It considers issues of the development of Englishes, including creole and pidgin varieties. It presents various approaches from language contact and typology and rethinks the categorization of language, including interfaces with informat.

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An Introduction to the History of the English Language is a comprehensive exploration of the linguistic and cultural development of English, from Old English to the present-day English. This article provides students with a balanced and up-to-date overview of the history of the language.

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