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1、TheCambridgeHistoryoftheEnglishLanguageisthefirstmulti-volumeworktoprovideafullaccountofthehistoryofEnglish.Itsauthoritativecoverageextendsfromareasofcentrallinguisticinterestandconcerntomorespecialisedtopicssuchaspersonalandplacenames.Thevolumesdealingwithearlierperiodsa
2、rechronologicallybased,whilstthosedealingwithmorerecentperiodsaregeographicallybased,thusreflectingthespreadofEnglishoverthelast300years.VolumeIVdealswiththehistoryoftheEnglishlanguagefrom1776to1997.Anextensiveintroductiondetailsthechangingsocio-historicalsettinginwhichEn
3、glishhasdevelopedinresponsetoacontinuingbackgroundofdiversityasitwastransplantedtoNorthAmericaandbeyond.Separatechaptersonpronunciation,syntax,andvocabularychroniclethelinguisticfeaturesofthelanguageduringthisperiod,takingasthebasisfordiscussionthecommoncoreinheritedformt
4、hesixteenthcenturyandsharedbywhatardnowthetwoprincipalvarieties,AmericanandBritishEnglish.Inaddition,therearechaptersonEnglishasaliterarylanguage,Englishgrammarandusage,andonomastics.THECAMBRIDGEHISTORYOFTHEENGLISHLANGUAGEGENERALEDITORRichardM.HoggVOLUMEiv1776-1997THECAMB
5、RIDGEHISTORYOFTHEENGLISHLANGUAGEVOLUMEiv1776-1997EDITEDBYSUZANNEROMAINEMertonProfessorofEnglishLanguage,UniversityofOxfordCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESSCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,SäoPauloCambridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuil
6、ding,CambridgeCB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521264778©CambridgeUniversityPress1998Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrele
7、vantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublished1998Thirdprinting2007PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,CambridgeAcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritsih
8、LibraryLibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationDataTheCambridgehistoryoftheEnglishlanguage.Vol.