English Languages

Klappentext 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! English is immensely diverse--probably more so than any single language ever has been. This book presents a compelling and broad-ranging invitation to consider the variety! the options! and the implications of this vastly complex language. 12 illustrations. Zusammenfassung With ever expanding networks of communication! and the increasing globalization of 'English'! this timely and broad-ranging book looks at just what this complex of language is! and the variety! implications and options of this vast! pluralistic system that incorporates dialects! creoles! and local variations. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Tom McArthur
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.1998
• EAN: 9780521485821
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48582-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: CANTO; Canto Book; CANTO
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies