English – One Tongue, Many Voices
This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure begi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan
2016, 2016
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2016 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 English the working tongue of the global village. -PART I: History of an island language
- 2 The first 500 years
- 3 1066 and All That
- 4 Modern English in the making
- PART II: The spread of English around the world
- 5 English goes to the New World. -6 English transplanted
- 7 English varieties in the British Isles
- 8 American and British English
- 9 English, pidgins and creoles
- PART III: A changing language in changing times
- 10 The standard language today
- 11 Linguistic change in progress: Back to the Inner Circle
- 2 Electronic English
- 13 English into the future
- Notes: Comments and References
- References
- Index of people
- Index of topics
- Pronunciation.