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English : one tongue, many voices /

by Svartvik, Jan; Leech, Geoffrey N.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Description: xvi, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1403918309; 9781403918307; 1403918295 (cloth); 9781403918291 (cloth).Subject(s): 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
Contents:
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.
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Library Collection 		PE1700 S83 2006 (Browse shelf) Available 00016589
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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.

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