Corpora and the history of English

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Over the past two decades, digital corpora have significantly influenced English historical linguistics. This volume honors Manfred Markus, compiler of ICAMET, by presenting twenty-one corpus-based studies that explore the history of English, ranging from Old English to contemporary changes. The collection showcases an impressive time-depth and covers diverse linguistic topics, including new insights into morphosyntactic and lexical changes, as well as innovative research on evolving discursive conventions and stylistic norms. It represents the state of the art in the field at the beginning of the 21st century and will serve as a vital reference for corpus-based studies of English history for years to come. The table of contents features contributions on various subjects, such as the corpus of eighteenth-century canting language, Medieval English crusading literature, the decline of certain linguistic forms, and the role of computer corpora in EFL lexicography. Additional studies address stylistic changes across generations, the impact of Anglicisms in German, and the variability of form in historical corpus analysis. Other notable topics include the subjunctive in Early Modern English, the evolution of emotion terms, and the significance of Peter Mark Roget's Thesaurus. This compilation not only reflects current research but also pays tribute to Markus's scholarly contributions from 1970 to 2005.