Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of figures and tables viii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. To readers x
6. 1 What is ‘English’? 1
7. 2 Communities, networks and individuals 16
8. 3 English and language planning 28
9. 4 Regional and social variation 41
10. 5 Change in English 59
11. 6 English historical sociolinguistics 76
12. 7 Language contact 92
13. 8 Dialect contact 105
14. 9 Sociolinguistics and linguistic theory 119
15. 10 Conclusion 134
16. Appendix 136
17. References 138
18. Index 149