History of the English Language

8 Place Names

approaches and Perspectives in Toponymy and Toponomastics Francesco Perono Cacciafoco | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Illustrated with numerous case studies, this book provides the first comprehensive overview of toponymy and toponomastics – the studies of place names and proper names. Wide-ranging yet accessible, it is essential reading for researchers and students in Historical linguistics, etymology, sociolinguistics, anthropology, sociology, and geography.

280pp Feb. 2023 9781108748247 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 34.99 Feb. 2023 9781108490160 Hardback GBP 75.99 / USD 97.99 eISBN 9781108780384

The Cambridge History of Linguistics

Linda R. Waugh | University of Arizona Written by a team of leading scholars, this volume provides an authoritative account of the history of linguistics from ancient traditions to the end of the 20th century. Comprehensive in its scope, it is an essential reference for researchers, teachers and students alike in linguistics and related disciplines.

900pp Feb. 2023 9780521849906 Hardback GBP 125 / USD 160 eISBN 9780511842788

The Indo-European Language Family

a Phylogenetic Perspective Thomas Olander | University of Copenhagen Modern languages like English, Spanish, Russian and Hindi as well as ancient languages like Greek, Latin and Sanskrit all belong to the IndoEuropean language family. This book addresses the fundamental question of how these languages are related. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

275pp Sep. 2022 9781108499798 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781108758666

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Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax

Nuria Yáñez-Bouza | Universidade de Vigo, Spain A collection of new case studies by worldrenowned and emerging scholars in the field, which explores English syntactic structure, variation, and change, both past and present, methodologically and theoretically. It is ideal reading for scholars and advanced students in English syntax, Historical linguistics, linguistic theory and corpus linguistics.

Studies in English Language

423pp 38 b/w illus. 45 tables Jun. 2022 9781108411424 Paperback 27.99 / USD 35.99 Oct. 2019 9781108419567 Hardback GBP 99.99 / USD 131 eISBN 9781108303576

Genre in English Medical Writing, 1500–1820

Sociocultural contexts of Production and Use Irma Taavitsainen | University of Helsinki With contributions from a global team of scholars, this fascinating book engages with numerous disciplinary perspectives to offer new insights on medical discourse in various traditions and genres, both in England and across Europe. Among other current ‘re-imaginings’ of philology, it will interest researchers from across the human sciences.

Studies in English Language

320pp Oct. 2022 9781009100090 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781009105347

Standardising English Spelling

The Role of Printing in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-century Graphemic Developments Marco Condorelli | University of Central Lancashire, Preston This book provides both fresh insights into sixteenth and seventeenth-century spelling standardisation in England, and an exploration of the history of the printed book and its development in the socio-cultural history of the time. It is essential reading for those interested in writing systems and the history of the English.

Studies in English Language

200pp Apr. 2022 9781009098144 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781009099912

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The Cambridge Handbook of World Englishes

Daniel Schreier | Universität Zürich A comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of English as a world language. It pinpoints the global spread of the English language from 1600 to the present day, while also covering global models and related fields and applications, such as second language acquisition, language politics, lexicography, and the media.

Cambridge Handbooks in Language and linguistics

729pp 20 b/w illus. 5 maps 18 tables Sep. 2022 9781108441957 Paperback GBP 34.99 / USD 45.99 Jan. 2020 9781108425957 Hardback GBP 126 / USD 163 eISBN 9781108349406

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Transforming Early English

The Reinvention of early english and Older Scots Jeremy J. Smith | University of Glasgow This book accounts for later re-workings of early English and Scottish texts, arguing for a new interdisciplinary approach to textual studies from an angle of historical pragmatics. It will appeal to researchers and higher-level students in Historical linguistics and book history and to those interested more broadly in sociocultural formation.

Studies in English Language

312pp Oct. 2022 9781108414852 Paperback GBP 25.99 / USD 33.99 Apr. 2020 9781108420389 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116 eISBN 9781108333474