English - One Tongue, Many Voices (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2006)

This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Jan Svartvik • Geoffrey Leech
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	287
Edition:	2nd ed. 2006
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-1829-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General
LSN:	1-4039-1829-5
Barcode:	9781403918291

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