The Cambridge History of the English Language

History books about the language English

The Cambridge History of the English Language

Book cover

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
Part of a series on

English grammar

Morphology

Plurals
Prefixes (in English)
Suffixes (frequentative)

Word types

Acronyms
Adjectives
Adverbs (flat)
Articles
Coordinators
Compounds
Demonstratives
Determiners (List here)
Expletives
Intensifier
Interjections
Interrogatives
Nouns
Portmanteaus
Possessives
Prepositions (List here)
Pronouns (case · person)
Subordinators
Verbs

Verbs

Auxiliary verbs
Mood (conditional · imperative · subjunctive)
Aspect (continuous · habitual · perfect)
-ing
Irregular verbs
Modal verbs
Passive voice
Phrasal verbs
Verb usage
Transitive and intransitive verbs

Syntax

Clauses (in English)
Conditional sentences
Copula
Do-support
Inversion
Periphrasis
Zero-marking

Orthography

Abbreviations
Capitalization
Comma
Hyphen

Variant usage

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.

* 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.

## See also

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* The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.

## References

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

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