The English languages ;
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©1998Description: xxi, 247 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0521485827; 9780521485821 Subject(s): English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries | English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries | English language -- Variation -- Great Britain | Communication, International | English language -- Variation | English-speaking countries | Great BritainDDC classification: 420Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Included Index.
Introduction; --
Acknowledgements; --
1. Organized Babel; --
2. A universal resource; --
3. Cracks in the academic monolith; --
4. Models of English; --
5. Standardness; --
6. Scots and Southron; --
7. Substrates and superstrates; --
8. The Latin analogy; --
9. The shapes of English; --
Index.
Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding each other. Despite the success of its standard form (or forms) in many countries, the complex called "English" is immensely diverse--probably more diverse than any single language has ever been--and is likely to become even more so in the next century. This book is a compelling and broad-ranging invitation to consider the variety, the options and the implications of this vast system. The English Languages looks at the "pluralism" of English, the "Englishes," that have arisen in the past twenty years or so, and addresses the question of whether or not English can be considered a family of languages in its own right, like the Romance languages.
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