Download or read book Language History and Linguistic Modelling written by Jacek Fisiak and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1004 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a collection of some 130 contributions covering a wide range of topics of interest to historical, theoretical and applied linguistics alike. A major theme is the development of English which is examined on several levels in the light of recent linguistic theory in various papers. The geographical dimension is also treated extensively with papers on controversial aspects of a variety of studies, as are topical linguistic matters from a more general perspective.