Book contents
- The New Cambridge History of the English Language
- The New Cambridge History of the English Language
- The New Cambridge History of the English Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume III
- General Preface
- Abbreviations
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I The Transmission of English
- 1 Dictionaries in the History of English
- 2 Writing Grammars for English
- 3 Speech Representation in the History of English
- 4 Digital Interaction in the History of English
- 5 Internet Resources for the History of English
- Part II Tracking Change in the History of English
- Part III Ideology, Society and the History of English
- Index
- References
5 - Internet Resources for the History of English
from Part I - The Transmission of English
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 October 2025
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Book contents
- The New Cambridge History of the English Language
- The New Cambridge History of the English Language
- The New Cambridge History of the English Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume III
- General Preface
- Abbreviations
- General Editor’s Introduction
- Introduction to Volume III
- Part I The Transmission of English
- 1 Dictionaries in the History of English
- 2 Writing Grammars for English
- 3 Speech Representation in the History of English
- 4 Digital Interaction in the History of English
- 5 Internet Resources for the History of English
- Part II Tracking Change in the History of English
- Part III Ideology, Society and the History of English
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter provides an overview of web-based resources for the study of the history of English and varieties of English around the world which have been developed in the two decades since the completion of The Cambridge History of the English Language (Hogg 1992–2001) as well as materials in preparation now. Topics cover online versions of reference works like manuscripts and facsimiles, editions, dictionaries/concordances and maps; corpora and databases which can be searched on the web; multimedia learning tools which supplement traditional classroom teaching, for example companion websites for textbooks, TED and YouTube; and communication platforms which help develop the field beyond academia, such as blogs, podcasts, Twitter and Facebook. The chapter also discusses some desiderata in the currently available resources.
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- The New Cambridge History of the English LanguageTransmission, Change and Ideology, pp. 137 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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