The New Cambridge History of the English Language
The New Cambridge History of the English Language
Derek Denis , University of Toronto
Raymond Hickey , University of Limerick
£140.00
GBPThis volume examines the development of forms of English in North America, from the earliest founder populations through to present-day varieties in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean. The linguistic analyses of today's forms emphasise language variation and change with a view to determining the trajectories for current linguistic change. The section on English in the United States has dedicated chapters on the history of African American English and the English of Latinos in the USA. Part II is concerned with English in Canada, with chapters on the anglophone settlement of Canada and on individual regions of that country, including English in Quebec. The third section consists of chapters devoted to the history of English in the anglophone Caribbean, looking at various creoles in that region, both in the islands and the rim, with a special chapter on Jamaica and on the connections between the Caribbean and the USA.
- Examines the development of forms of English in North America, from the earliest founder populations down to present-day varieties in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean
- Brings together leading scholars in the field providing cutting edge information on recent research and approaches
- Organised in a user-friendly way to enable both scholars and students to access a whole range of topics quickly and easily
Product details
February 2026Hardback
9781009205764
952 pages
229 × 152 mm
Not yet published - available from February 2026
Table of Contents
- General Editor's introduction Raymond Hickey
- Introduction to Volume V Natalie Schilling, Derek Denis and Raymond Hickey
- Part I. The United States:
- 1. Language change and the history of American English Walt Wolfram
- 2. The dialectology of Anglo–American English Natalie Schilling
- 3. The roots and development of New England English James Stanford
- 4. The history of the Midland–Northern boundary Matthew J. Gordon
- 5. The spread of English westwards Valerie Fridland and Tyler Kendall
- 6. American English in the city: the case of Pittsburgh Barbara Johnstone
- 7. New York City and Baltimore Aidan Malanoski and Michael Newman
- 8. English in the southern United States Becky Childs and Paul Reed
- 9. Contact forms of American English Cristopher Font–Santiago and Joseph Salmons
- 10. The roots of African American English Tracey Weldon
- 11. The great migration and regional variation in the speech of African Americans Charlie Farrington
- 12. Rural African American English Patricia Cukor–Avila
- 13. Urban African American English Nicole Holliday
- 14. Puerto Rican English Rosa Guzzardo Tamargo
- 15. The English of Americans of Mexican and central American heritage Erik Thomas
- Part II. Canada:
- 16. Anglophone settlement and the creation of Canadian English Charles Boberg
- 17. The lexical profile of English in Canada Stefan Dollinger
- 18. Ontario English: loyalists and beyond Derek Denis, Bridget Jankowski and Sali Tagliamonte
- 19. The prairies and the west of Canada Alexandra D'Arcy and Nicole Rosen
- 20. Canadian maritime English: solidarity and resistance, yeah Matt Hunt Gardner
- 21. English in Newfoundland William Kirwin, Sandra Clarke and Raymond Hickey
- 22. English as a minority language in Quebec: a (socio)linguistic aperçu Shana Poplack
- Part III. The Caribbean:
- 23. Early English–lexifier creole in the circum-Caribbean area Norval Smith
- 24. The Caribbean anglophone contact varieties: creoles and koinés Jeffrey Williams
- 25. English in Jamaica – between local and foreign Sylvia Kouwenberg
- 26. The anglophone Caribbean rim Angela Bartens
- 27. North American–Caribbean linguistic connections Stephanie Hackert.
