The Cambridge History of the English Language

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The Cambridge History of the English Language
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Editor	Richard Hogg
Subject	Comprehensive history of the English language
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publication date	1992–2001
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
ISBN	978-0521807586
OCLC	23356833

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Morphology Plurals Prefixes in English Suffixes frequentative
Word types Acronyms Adjectives Adverbs flat Articles Coordinators Compounds Demonstratives Determiners list Expletives Intensifier Interjections Interrogatives Nouns Portmanteaus Possessives Prepositions list Pronouns case person Subordinators Verbs
Verbs Auxiliary verbs Mood conditional imperative subjunctive Aspect continuous habitual perfect -ed -ing -ion -ive -ly Irregular verbs Modal verbs Passive voice Phrasal verbs Verb usage Transitivity
Syntax Clauses in English Conditional sentences Copula Do-support Inversion Periphrasis Zero-marking
Orthography Abbreviations Capitalization Comma Hyphen
Variance African-American Vernacular English AmE and BrE grammatical differences Double negatives Grammar disputes Thou
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The Cambridge History of the English Language is a six volume history of English published between 1992 and 2001.^[1] The general editor was Richard Hogg.

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Volumes

Volume 1, The Beginnings to 1066, Richard Hogg, ed.
Volume 2, 1066–1476, Norman Blake, ed.
Volume 3, 1476–1776, Roger Lass, ed.
Volume 4, 1776–1997, Suzanne Romaine, ed.
Volume 5, English in Britain and Overseas: Origins and Development, Robert Burchfield, ed.
Volume 6, English in North America, John Algeo, ed.

References

↑ "The Cambridge History of the English Language". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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The Cambridge History of the English Language

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Volumes

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References