37.1065, Books: The New Cambridge History of the English Language (Vol 2): Kytö and Smitterberg (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 13-Mar-2026
From: Paris West [paris.west at cambridge.org]
Subject: The New Cambridge History of the English Language (Vol 2): Kytö and Smitterberg (eds.) (2026)


Title: The New Cambridge History of the English Language (Vol 2)
Subtitle: Documentation, Sources of Data and Modelling
Series Title: The New Cambridge History of the English Language
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
           http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/9781009205450

Editor(s): Merja Kytö & Erik Smitterberg

Hardback 9781009205450 $180 USD | £140 GBP

Abstract:

Various kinds of text which document the history of English form the
focus of the current volume. Vernacular speech in writing and orality
along with issues of literacy and manuscripts are highlighted. The
value of text corpora in the collection and analysis of historical
data is demonstrated in several chapters.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     History of Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Language Family(ies): English based

Written In: English (eng)



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