SubjectsLinguistics / Contact Linguistics

Titles

English in Kuwait: Development, status and usage

Mohammad A.N. Alenezi

This volume presents the first in-depth exploration of Kuwait within the framework of World Englishes. It examines the historical trajectory of English language contact, the contemporary spread of the language, and public attitudes toward its use in the country. Central to the study is the… read more

[Varieties of English Around the World, G73] 2026. xiv, 228 pp. + index

Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Multilingualism | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics

Names and Naming

Edited by Philipp Krämer, Eeva Sippola and Rachel Selbach

Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 41:1 (2026) v, 172 pp.

Other subjects Creole studies | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Pardon my French?: Dutch–French language contact in the Netherlands (1500–1900)

Gijsbert Rutten, Andreas Krogull, Brenda Assendelft and Jill Puttaert

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the Dutch–French contact situation in the Early and Late Modern period, when the Dutch language and culture supposedly underwent frenchification in various spheres of life. Bringing together empirical approaches based on a wide range of datasets,… read more

[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics, 15] 2026. ix, 312 pp. | open access

Other subjects Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Romance linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics