This is the only encyclopedia and social history of swearing and foul language in the English-
speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language …

Volume II deals with the Middle English period, approximately 1066-1476, and describes
and analyzes developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction …

The English Language in Canada examines the current status, history and principal features
of Canadian English, focusing on the'standard'variety heard across the country today. The …

This book looks at native speaker varieties of English, considering how and why they differ
in terms of their pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and spelling. It shows how the major …

The current condition of the English language worldwide is both straightforward and
convoluted. It is straightforward in that English is now widely agreed to be the global lingua …

The History of English Spelling “Fifty years ago, GH Vallins contributed a book on spelling to
the Language Library. Since then, there have been several major surveys, and new …

THE ORIGINS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AMONG the many living forms of human
speech, and those countless others which have arisen and perished in the past, the English …

IMPACT publishes monographs, collective volumes, and text books on topics in
sociolinguistics. The scope of the series is broad, with special emphasis on areas such as …

The reconstruction of Canadian society in the wake of the Second World War had an
enormous impact on all aspects of public and private life. For families in Montreal …

The focus of most variationist studies of linguistic change to date has been the emergence
and increase of new forms. The opposing process—obsolescence, or the decline and loss of …