English in its social contexts : essays in historical sociolinguistics, edited by Tim William Machan, Charles T. Scott

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Contents: Sociolinguistics, language change, and the history of English / Charles T. Scott and Tim William Machan -- The social and political contexts of language change in Anglo-Saxon England / Thomas E. Toon -- The use of English: language contact, dialect variation, and written standardisation during the Middle English period / Jeremy J. Smith -- "O! When degree is shak'd": sixteenth-century anticipations of some modern attitudes toward usage / Joseph M. Williams -- Style and standardization in England: 1700-1900 / Edward Finegan -- The Mayflower to the Model-T: the development of American English / Craig M. Carver -- Sociolinguistic attitudes and issues in contemporary Britain / John Algeo -- A polyphony of voices: the dialectics of linguistic diversity and unity in the twentieth-century United States / Judith Rodby -- Social contexts in the history of Australian English / John Gunn -- The second diaspora of English / Braj B. Kachru -- English: from village to global village / Suzanne Romaine

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