Brinton Laurel J., Bergs Alexander (Eds.). The History of English: Volume 1: Historical Outlines from Sound to Text

De Gruyter Mouton, 2017. — 266 p.The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the history of English and explores key questions and debates. A re-evaluation of the concept of periodization is followed by overviews of changes in the traditional linguistic areas – phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics – and chapters on prosody, idioms, fixed expressions, onomastics, orthography, register, and standardization, among others.- Comprehensive coverage of the history of English and of major varieties of English
- Synopsis of current research into key questions and debates in English historical linguistics
- Individual chapters written by leading authorities in the field