An accessible introduction to the history of English, this textbook covers the evolution of the language from its prehistory to the twenty-first century. Now in its third edition, it has been substantially updated, and key concepts are clearly explained to make it accessible to readers with no background in linguistics.

An accessible introduction to the history of English, this textbook covers the evolution of the language from its prehistory to the twenty-first century. Now in its third edition, it has been substantially updated, and key concepts are clearly explained to make it accessible to readers with no background in linguistics.

Edited by two educational sociolinguists with teaching experience in Japanese universities, this volume aims to fill the gap in the literature on how educators, curriculum developers, and textbook writers in Japanese contexts are navigating the recent geopolitical, economic, technological, and sociocultural changes affecting the world.

In this book, Goundar explores how educational inequalities are responsible for the way students perform in English language mediated school settings. He seeks to establish an explicit connection between language testing and educational inequalities at the higher education level.

Drawing on cases in American courts in which the author served as an expert, this book gives a linguistic analysis of disputed meanings in English at the basis of lawsuits. It is essential reading for researchers and students of semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, corpus linguistics, and language and law.

Drawing on cases in American courts in which the author served as an expert, this book gives a linguistic analysis of disputed meanings in English at the basis of lawsuits. It is essential reading for researchers and students of semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language, corpus linguistics, and language and law.

This lively and engaging book traces English’s remarkable journey from a from a small, local language to the global resource it is today.

This lively and engaging book traces English’s remarkable journey from a from a small, local language to the global resource it is today.