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: Examines varieties of discourse and regional, social, personal, and electronic variations, such as "Netspeak" and social media language.
: Details the phonological system (sounds) and the writing system (orthography). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
: Covers language acquisition in children and modern digital methods for studying English, such as corpus linguistics. Key Features of the Third Edition : Examines varieties of discourse and regional, social,
: Traces the language's evolution from its origins and Old English through Middle and Early Modern English to its current status as a global language. and electronic variations
: Updated statistics on global English use and a new section on English in a post-Brexit Europe.
The most recent edition includes significant updates to reflect 21st-century developments: