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The English languages / Tom McArthur.

By: McArthur, Tom (Thomas Burns)Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. Description: xxi, 247 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: 0521485827 (pbk.); 0521481309 (hardback); 9780521485821Subject(s): English language -- Variation -- English-speaking countries | English language -- Variation -- Foreign countries | English language -- Variation -- Great Britain | Communication, InternationalDDC classification: 427 LOC classification: PE2751 | .M38 1998Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description | WorldCat details
Contents:
TOC Organized Babel -- A universal resource -- Cracks in the academic monolith -- Models of English -- Standardness -- Scots and southron -- Substrates and superstrates -- The Latin analogy -- The shapes of English.
Summary: Summary: "Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding one 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 language has ever been - and is likely to become more so in the next century. This book is a compelling and wide-ranging invitation to consider the nature, the varieties, the descriptions, the options, and the implications of this vast system. The English Languages looks at the 'pluralism' of English - the many 'Englishes' identified by scholars in the last twenty years - and addresses the question of whether English can be considered a family of languages in its own right, like the Romance languages."--BOOK JACKET.
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Reserve Section 		Non-fiction 427 MCE 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 Not For Loan 15387
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427.973 TOI 2002 An introduction to American English / 427 JEG 2015 Global englishes : 427 KIW 2007 World Englishes : 427 MCE 1998 The English languages / 428.0 BRM 2014 Mixed methods research for TESOL / 428 HAL Landmark : 428 TES English conversation /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC Organized Babel --
A universal resource --
Cracks in the academic monolith --
Models of English --
Standardness --
Scots and southron --
Substrates and superstrates --
The Latin analogy --
The shapes of English.

Summary:
"Hundreds of millions of people use English every day everywhere in the world, but may or may not succeed in understanding one 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 language has ever been - and is likely to become more so in the next century. This book is a compelling and wide-ranging invitation to consider the nature, the varieties, the descriptions, the options, and the implications of this vast system. The English Languages looks at the 'pluralism' of English - the many 'Englishes' identified by scholars in the last twenty years - and addresses the question of whether English can be considered a family of languages in its own right, like the Romance languages."--BOOK JACKET.

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