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Svartvik, Jan.

English : one tongue, many voices / Jan Svartvik and Geoffrey Leech. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. - xvi, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-273) and indexes.

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 -- From Caribbean English to Creole -- The standard language today -- Linguistic change in progress : back to the inner circle -- English into the circle.

ISBN: 1403918309 9781403918307 1403918295 (cloth) 9781403918291 (cloth)

LCCN: 2006041002

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--History.
English language--Variation.
English language--Variation--Foreign countries.
Globalization.
Communication, International.
Culture and globalization.
Engels.
Taalvariatie.
Anglais (Langue)--Histoire.
Anglais (Langue)--Variation--Pays anglophones.
Communication internationale.
Culture et mondialisation.
Anglais (Langue)--Mondialisation.

LC Class. No.: PE1700 / S83 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 420.9 427