The history of the English language is a vast and diverse area of research. In this volume, a team of leading historians of English come together to analyse 'real' language, drawing on corpus data to ...
An English linguistic identity was first systematically propagated by Alfred the Great who, from 871 to 899 BCE, not only ...
The millennial history of the English language still offers a multitude to explore. Elements in the History of English is a forum for showcasing recent ground-breaking research on diachronic and ...
We explore all periods of the history of the English language, from Old English to the present day, and examine the development and use of varieties of spoken and written English, both globally and ...