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This "Companion" brings together over 60 distinguished contributors to offer an authoritative survey of English from its Germanic and Indo-European past, through British and American language usage, to the rise of colonial and post-colonial world Englishes. Many of the essays take up issues of regional, ethnic and class varieties of English, as well as important gender issues in language. The book is the first to explore the many diverse approaches to the study of English in one volume, ranging from linguistics and etymology to the philosophy of language and literary history. Maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historical publications enrich the essays to connect the reader to the uses of the English language over the centuries. A meeting ground for students of language and literature, this broad-ranging volume considers cultural, social, literary, material, and theoretical approaches to language study.

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