Overview / David Denison and Richard Hogg
Phonology and morphology / Roger Lass
Syntax / Olga Fischer and Wim van der Wurff
Vocabulary / Dieter Kastovsky
Standardisation / Terttu Nevalainen and Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade
Names / Richard Coates
English in Britain / Richard Hogg
English in North America / Edward Finegan
English worldwide / David Crystal.
A history of the English language. ISBN 9780521662277. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.