Contents: Historical Linguistics - English Historical Linguistics - History of English - Historical Pragmatics - Old English - Middle English - Lexicography.
The Contributors: Jacek Fisiak, Minoji Akimoto, Wieslaw Awedyk, Ulrich Busse, Don Chapman, Isabel de la Cruz Cabanillas, Maurizio Gotti, Mitsu Ide, Keiko Ikegami, Yoko Iyeiri, Koichi Jin, Kristin Killie, Willem F. Koopman, Joanna Kopaczyk, Marcin Krygier, Tadao Kubouchi, Ohkado Masayuki, Gabriella Mazzon, Roderick McConchie, Robert McColl Millar, Fujio Nakamura, Saara Nevanlinna, John G. Newman, Yoshinobu Niwa, Hirokazu Noguchi, Hiroshi Ogawa, Shigeru Ono, Ann-Marie Svensson, Letizia Vezzosi, Ilse Wischer, Wim van der Wurff.