Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on his 60th Birthday

A collection of 130 contributions covering a wide range of topics of interest to historical, theoretical and applied linguists alike. A major theme of this text is the development of English which is examined on several levels in the light of recent linguistic theory. The geographical dimension is also treated extensively, with papers on controversial aspects of variety studies, as are topical linguistic matters from a more general perspective.