Format:
xvii, 301 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
,
24 cm
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9781137550217
,
9781137550224
Content:
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 beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language
Content:
English: the working tongue of the global village -- The first 500 years -- 1066 and all that -- Modern English in the making -- English goes to the new world -- English transplanted -- English varieties in the British isles -- American and British English -- English, Pidgins and Creoles -- The standard language today -- Linguistic change in progress : back to the inner circle -- Electronic English -- English into the future
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137160072
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Weltsprache
;
Englisch
;
Sprachvariante
;
Sprachwandel
;
Englisch
;
Weltsprache
;
Sprachvariante
;
Sprachwandel
;
Geschichte
Author information:
Leech, Geoffrey N. 1936-2014
Author information:
Svartvik, Jan 1931-
Author information:
Crystal, David 1941-
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