This volume of essays brings together work by social historians of Britain, France and Italy.

A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a non-

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz is Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Pennsy

This study of the South African variety of English is an exercise in the sociology of language conducted mainly within the conceptual framework and methodology