English historical linguistics : an international handbook / edited by Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book: give a comprehensive and descriptive overview of the entire language history of English ; illustrates and discusses current trends, theories, and methods of the field ; contains an overview of the history of historical linguistics as a discipline as well ; has more than 100 articles with general introductions to the different subjects which are intelligible to all ; includes an extensive index."--Publisher's website.

Periods. Periods: Pre-Old English ; Periods: Old English ; Periods: Middle English ; Periods: Early Modern English ; Periods: Late Modern English ; Periods: Contemporary English. -- Linguistic Levels. Linguistic Levels: Phonology ; Linguistic Levels: Prosody ; Linguistic Levels: Morphology ; Linguistic Levels: Syntax ; Linguistic Levels: Semantics and lexicon ; Linguistic Levels: Idioms and fixed expressions ; Linguistic Levels: Pragmatics and discourse ; Linguistic Levels: Onomastics ; Linguistic Levels: Orthography ; Linguistic Levels: Styles, registers, genres, text types. -- Old English. Old English: Phonology ; Old English: Morphology ; Old English: Syntax ; Old English: Semantics and lexicon ; Old English: Pragmatics and discourse ; Old English: Dialects ; Old English: Language contact ; Old English: Standardization ; Old English: Literary language. -- Middle English. Middle English: Phonology ; Middle English: Morphology ; Middle English: Syntax ; Middle English: Semantics and lexicon ; Middle English: Pragmatics and discourse ; Middle English: Dialects ; Middle English: Language contact ; Middle English: Standardization ; Middle English: Sociolinguistics ; Middle English: Literary language ; Middle English: The language of Chaucer. -- Early Modern English. Early Modern English: Phonology ; Early Modern English: Morphology ; Early Modern English: Syntax ; Early Modern English: Lexicon and semantics ; Early Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse ; Early Modern English: Dialects ; Early Modern English: Language contact ; Early Modern English: Standardization ; Early Modern English: Sociolinguistics ; Early Modern English: Pronouns ; Early Modern English: Periphrastic DO ; Early Modern English: The Great Vowel Shift ; Early Modern English: Relativization ; Early Modern English: Literary language ; Early Modern English: The language of Shakespeare. -- Late Modern English. Late Modern English: Phonology ; Late Modern English: Morphology ; Late Modern English: Syntax ; Late Modern English: Semantics and lexicon ; Late Modern English: Pragmatics and discourse ; Late Modern English: Dialects ; Late Modern English: Standardization ; Late Modern English: Sociolinguistics. -- Standardization. Standardization: Prescriptive tradition ; Standardization: The complaint tradition ; Standardization: Standards in the history of English ; Standardization: Codifiers ; Standardization: English language regard: attitudes, beliefs, and ideologies ; Standardization: Bible translations ; Standardization: Dictionaries and the standardization of English. -- English and the media. English and the media: Newspapers ; English and the media: Television ; English and the media: Radio ; English and the media: Internet.