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Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices

Door David Crystal

Categorie	Taalkunde & Woordenboeken
Boeknummer	#320054-KO9
Titel	Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices
Auteur	Crystal, David
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	British Library
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	0712350993
ISBN13	9780712350990
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting	One-third of the world? s population can speak or write in English, which is an unprecedented achievement for a language. How did this enormous reach come about? And what happens to a language when it is used by so many? InEvolving English, David Crystal, the leading authority on the development of the English language, answers these questions and more. Unlike other histories of the English language, Evolving English is a fully illustrated history, charting the development of the language through images, from the earliest runic inscriptions in Old English and the emergence of a standard variety of English between 1400 and 1800 to the most modern forms of the language, as seen in concrete and text poetry. In telling the story of the language? s growth and change, Crystal draws on exa... (Lees verder)mples from English in its various guises and uses? including everyday English, English in the workplace, regional and international varieties, and English in playful and literary expression. Crystal? s accessible and lively linguistic history shows where language is now, where it has been, and? perhaps most important of all? where it is heading. Crystal is not afraid to address the new varieties of the language appearing in world literature, on the Internet, and in cell phone text messages. Both topical and readable, Evolving English shows that the story of the world? s most common language is as diverse and interesting as those words that comprise it.
Pagina's	159
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 17,50

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