Historical Sociolinguistics Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England

"This revised edition of Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England testifies to the vivid interest in this interdisciplinary discipline by bringing in newly developed methodologies and approaches. Like in the first edition, empirical and illustrative case studies together with stimulating and enlightening research make this book a classic and an indispensable work for everyone interested in the whys and wherefores of sociolinguistic variation from a historical perspective."
Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, University of Vigo, Spain and University of Manchester, UK