SIMONE E. PFENNINGER, OLGA TIMOFEEVA, ANNE-CHRISTINE GARDNER, ALPO HONKAPOHJA, MARIANNE HUNDT AND DANIEL SCHREIER (eds), Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English, Amsterdam/Philadephia, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014, 326 p. Linguistic change has been the primary aim of many research studies, as it is a very intriguing and challenging subject to deal with. No wonder that a lot of linguistic events were dedicated to this theme, and, as a result, many comprehensive collections of papers were published all around the world. This is actually the case of the book under review, entitled Contact, Variation, and Change in the History of English, and edited by Simone E. Pfenninger, Olga Timofeeva, Anne-Christine Gardner, Alpo Honkapohja, Marianne Hundt, and Daniel Schreier. After the editors’ introduction, the volume presents 14 articles, ”cutting across the themes of language variation, contact and change over all periods from Old English to the very recent past and including world Englishes” (Joan C. Beal, ’Quotes’ from the editure’s site: John Benjamins Publishing Company). Organized in three parts, according to the themes announced by the title - linguistic contact, variation, and change -, the chapters are followed by a very useful index. The introduction, At the crossroads of language change, variation, and contact (p.1-10), presents the aims of the book, and include a synopsis of the collection, the editors explaining that the articles ”go beyond core issues of language variation and change, focusing on the boundary between word and grammar, discourse and ideology in the history of the English language” (p.1). Either they are well-known linguists or just beginners, the researchers of the 14 th chapters focus on providing dynamic approaches, being convinced that “a dynamic view on language recognizes the existence of change, informs us about it and focuses on those areas where change is ongoing“ (Croft 2000: 45-48). Although the editors underline the fact that the perspectives are both, diachronic and synchronic, most of the articles propose diachronical analyses, and this results in an obvious interest of the linguists for the understanding of the linguistic changes starting with the first stages of the English language. STUDIA UBB PHILOLOGIA, LX, 3, 2015, p. 217 - 223 (RECOMMENDED CITATION)