《剑桥英语史》2 0 0 2年 1月由剑桥大学出版社授权北京大学出版社影印出版。这是一部规模空前的巨著 ,其研究语言史的独到的视角和多样的分析方法 ,最能启迪我们汉语史的研究 ,为汉语研究者提供广阔的思想空间。我们这里追踪其运用社会语言学研究语言历史的方法 ,对汉语历史上 “Cambridge English History” in January 2002 by the Cambridge University Press Peking University press photocopied publishing. This is a monumental masterpiece of unprecedented scale. Its unique view of linguistic history and various analytical methods can best enlighten us in the study of the history of Chinese and provide a broad space of thought for Chinese researchers. Here we track its use of sociolinguistics study of language history, the Chinese history