Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Standard American English -- Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English -- Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective -- Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language -- Chapter 6: Standard British English -- Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English -- Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation -- Chapter 9: Estuary English -- Chapter 10: Cockney -- Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes -- Chapter 12: Scots -- Chapter 13: English in Ireland
Chapter 14: English in WalesChapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English -- Chapter 16: English in India -- Chapter 17: English in Africa รข#x80;#x93; a diachronic typology -- Chapter 18: Diffusion -- Chapter 19: Supraregionalization -- Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles
Summary
This series of books reprints articles from the successful English Historical Linguistics: An International Handbook (HSK 34.1 and 34.2) in a convenient paperback set suitable for use in the classroom or by scholars. While the first volume provides an overview of the history of English, the second to fourth volumes focus on individual periods and the final volume covers language variation from an historical perspective
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
