The origins, development and diversification of English since its earliest beginnings to the present day have fascinated generations of scholars, and continue to do so. With contributions from the leading researchers in the field, these landmark volumes provide an innovative, inclusive and topical survey of all aspects of the history of English, focusing on recent research and approaches, and providing cutting-edge information on a variety of sub-fields. Volume I considers the historical framework for English; Volume II looks at diachronic data and documentation, along with models for linguistic analysis; and Volume III highlights the transmission of English across the centuries. Volume IV concentrates on the various regional forms of English in Britain, Ireland and Europe; Volume V emphasises the history of English in North America and the Caribbean, and Volume VI, split into two parts, is dedicated to varieties of English across Africa, and Asia, Australia and the Pacific in Part 2.
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With contributions from leading scholars in the field, this is a landmark work on the history of the English language.
Part I. The Context of English; Part II. Contact and external
influences; Part III. The Long View by Levels and Areas of Language; Part I.
The Textual Record; Part II. Lighthouse Works and Authors; Part III. Genre
and Medium in the Record; Part IV. Modelling the Record; Part I. The
Transmission of English; Part II. Tracking Change in the History of English;
Part III. Ideology, Society and the History of English; Part I. Language
Variation and Change; Part II. English in England; Part III. English in
Wales; Part IV. English in Scotland; Part V. English in Ireland; Part VI.
English in Europe; Part I. The United States; Part II. Canada.
Raymond Hickey is Adjunct Professor at the University of Limerick, Ireland and former Professor at the University of Duisburg- Essen, Germany. His recent publications include Listening to the Past (2017), The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics (2017), English in Multilingual South Africa (2020), The Handbook of Language Contact (2020) and Sounds of English Worldwide (2023).
