The Language revolution / David CrystalL,

By: CrystalL, David Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: Delhi : Polity Press, 2004 Description: viii, 142 p. : 22 cmISBN: 9780745633121; 074563480XSubject(s): English language | Language and languages English language-21st century InternetDDC classification: 410 Online resources: WorldCat details | E-book Fulltext

Contents:

TOC 1. The future of Englishes -- 2. The future of languages -- 3. The role of the Internet -- 4. After the revolution -- 5. Language themes for the twenty-first century.

Summary: Summary: "In this book, David Crystal, one of the world's authorities on language, brings together for the first time the three major trends which he argues have fundamentally altered the world's linguistic ecology: the emergence of English as the world's first truly global language; the crisis facing huge numbers of languages which are currently endangered or dying; and, finally, the radical effect on language of the arrival of Internet technology." "The Language Revolution will be essential reading for anyone interested in language and communication in the twenty-first century."--Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU E-book	Non-fiction	410 CRL 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Not for loan
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	410 CRL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		19161

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Includes Index.

TOC 1. The future of Englishes --
2. The future of languages --
3. The role of the Internet --
4. After the revolution --
5. Language themes for the twenty-first century.

Summary:
"In this book, David Crystal, one of the world's authorities on language, brings together for the first time the three major trends which he argues have fundamentally altered the world's linguistic ecology: the emergence of English as the world's first truly global language; the crisis facing huge numbers of languages which are currently endangered or dying; and, finally, the radical effect on language of the arrival of Internet technology." "The Language Revolution will be essential reading for anyone interested in language and communication in the twenty-first century."--Jacket.

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