authors:- Svartvik, Jan
- Leech, Geoffrey N.
subjects:- English language -- Variation
- English language -- Foreign countries
- English language -- History
publishers:ISBN:- 1403918309 (pbk.)
- 9781403918307
- 1403918295 (hbk.) :
description:notes:- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 266-273.
- Preface - The Working Tongue of the Global Village - PART 1: HISTORY OF AN ISLAND LANGUAGE - The First 500 Years - 1066 and All That - Modern English in the Making - PART 2: THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD - English Goes to the New World - English Transplanted - English Varieties in the British Isles - American and British English - From Caribbean English to Creole - PART 3: A CHANGING LANGUAGE IN CHANGING TIMES - The Standard Language Today - Linguistic Change in Progress: Back to the Inner Circle - English into the Future - Pronunciation - Notes: Comments and References - References - Index.
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