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The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 4: Britain, Ireland and Europe

Edited by Raymond Hickey

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This volume focuses on the vernacular forms of English found at various locations both in Britain and Ireland as well as a few in continental Europe. The goal of these chapters is to provide histories of those dialects not necessarily leading to standard English, largely within the framework of language variation and change, which is the immediate concern of the opening chapters. There follow treatments of dialects in English including that of early London and the various regions of England. The English language in Scotland is given special treatment with chapters on Scots and Standard Scottish English. Wales and Ireland form the focus of subsequent chapters which in particular examine language contact and its effect on English in these regions. The volume closes with presentations of the development of English in the Channel Islands, Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus.

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Publisher | Cambridge University Press
Published date | 26 Mar 2026
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 776
Dimensions | 235 x 162 x 41mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 1350g
ISBN | 978-1-0092-0582-5
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BISAC | language arts & disciplines / linguistics


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