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English - one tongue, many voices.

Author/creator	Svartvik, Jan
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	[Place of publication not identified] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Description	xvii, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	English language--History.

Contents	1. English : the working tongue of the global village -- Part I. History of an island language. 2. The first 500 years -- 3. 1066 and all that -- 4. Modern English in the making -- -- Part II. The spread of English around the world. 5. English goes to the new world -- 6. English transplanted -- 7. English varieties in the British Isles -- 8. American and British English -- 9. English, pidgins and creoles -- -- Part III. A changing language in changing times. 10. The standard language today -- 11. Linguistic change in progress : back to the inner circle -- 12. Electronic English -- 13. English into the future.
Genre/form	History.
ISBN	113755021X
ISBN	9781137550217

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PE1700 .S83 2016	✔ Available	Place Hold