The Cambridge encyclopedia of the English language
"The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language has played a key role in the spread of general interest in language matters, generating further publications and broadcasting events for an avid audience. Its First Edition appeared in hardback in 1995 and a revised paperback in 1997. There have been numerous subsequent updated reprintings; but this Second Edition now presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language-lovers and of teachers, students and professional English-users concerned with their own linguistic legacy."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2004
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 2004
Handbook
vii, 499 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
9780521823487, 9780521530330, 9783125338623, 052182348X, 0521530334, 312533862X
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Modelling English
The origins of English
Old English
Middle English
Early modern English
Modern English
World English
The nature of the lexicon
The sources of the lexicon
Etymology
The structure of the lexicon
Lexical dimensions
Grammatical mythology
The structure of words
Word classes
The structure of sentences
The sound system
The writing system
Varieties of discourse
Regional variation
Social variation
Personal variation
Electronic variation
Learning English as a mother tongue
New ways of studying English