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Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 11:16:18
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics: Kytö, Pahta (eds.)

Title: The Cambridge Handbook of English Historical Linguistics 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/historical-linguistics/cambridge-handbook-english-historical-linguistics?format=PB 

Editor: Merja Kytö
Editor: Päivi Pahta

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108744348 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 42.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108744348 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 32.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108744348 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 38.50

Abstract:

Editor's Note: This is a new edition of a previously announced title.

English historical linguistics is a subfield of linguistics which has
developed theories and methods for exploring the history of the English
language. This Handbook provides an account of state-of-the-art research on
this history. It offers an in-depth survey of materials, methods, and
language-theoretical models used to study the long diachrony of English. The
frameworks covered include corpus linguistics, historical sociolinguistics,
historical pragmatics and manuscript studies, among others. The chapters, by
leading experts, examine the interplay of language theory and empirical data
throughout, critically assessing the work in the field. Of particular
importance are the diverse data sources which have become increasingly
available in electronic form, allowing the discipline to develop in new
directions. The Handbook offers access to the rich and many-faceted spectrum
of work in English historical linguistics, past and present, and will be
useful for researchers and students interested in hands-on research on the
history of English.

Introduction Merja Kytö and Päivi Pahta; Part I. Framework: Section 1.
Theories and Methodologies: 1. The variationist approach Suzanne Romaine; 2.
Quantitative approaches to diachronic corpus linguistics Martin Hilpert and
Stefan Th. Gries; 3. English historical pragmatics Gabriella Mazzon; 4.
Construction grammar Graeme Trousdale; 5. Generative frameworks and approaches
Elly van Gelderen; 6. Philological methods Robert D. Fulk; Section 2.
Evidence: Material and Data: 7. Manuscripts and early printed books Simon
Horobin; 8. Corpora and online resources in English historical linguistics
María-José López-Couso; 9. Audio recordings Christian Mair; 10. Early and Late
Modern English grammars as evidence in English historical linguistics Nuria
Yáñez-Bouza; 11. Extracting data from historical material Erik Smitterberg;
Part II. Analyses: Section 3. Perspectives on Processes of Change: 12.
Phonological change in English Raymond Hickey; 13. Change in the English
lexicon Christian Kay and Kathryn Allan; 14. Morphosyntactic change Olga
Fischer; 15. Semantic and pragmatic change Susan M. Fitzmaurice; 16. Genre
dynamics in the history of English Irma Taavitsainen; 17. Processes of
sociolinguistic and sociopragmatic change Minna Nevala; 18. Standardization
Joan C. Beal; 19. Contact-related processes of change in the early history of
English Peter Trudgill; 20. Global spread of English: processes of change
Marianne Hundt; Section 4. Highlighting the Research Process: 21. Variationist
versus text-linguistic approaches to grammatical change in English: nominal
modifiers of head nouns Douglas Biber, with Jesse Egbert, Bethany Gray, Rahel
Oppliger and Benedikt Szmrecsanyi; 22. Identifying micro-changes in a
particular linguistic change-type: the case of subjectification Elizabeth
Closs Traugott; 23. The OED and HTOED as tools in practical research: a test
case examining the impact of loanwords on areas of the core lexicon Philip
Durkin; 24. The individuality of English in the multilingual Middle Ages Tim
William Machan; 25. Ambisyllabicity in English: present and past Donka Minkova
and Kie Ross Zuraw; 26. Typological change: investigating loss of inflection
in early English Cynthia Allen; 27. Third-person present singular verb
inflection in Early Modern English: new evidence from speech-related texts
Terry Walker; 28. Visual pragmatics: speech presentation and Middle English
manuscripts Colette Moore.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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