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_aChanging English / _cedited by David Graddol ... [and four others]. |
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_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2007. |
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_aiii, 291 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm |
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_2rdacontent _atext _btxt |
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_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn |
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_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc |
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| 500 | _aPrevious ed.: published as English. 1996. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _a1. English voices / Joan Swann -- 2. The origins of English / Dick Leith and Liz Jackson -- 3. Modernity and English as a national language / Dick Leith, David Graddol and Liz Jackson -- 4. English: colonial to postcolonial / Dick Leith -- 5. Accent as social symbol / Lynda Mugglestone -- 6. Dialect variation in English / Martin Rhys and Linda Thomas -- 7. Style shifting, codeswitching / Joan Swann and Indra Sinka. | |
| 520 | _aThis volume examines the history of English from its origins in the fifth century to the present day. It focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a millennium and a half, detailing the influences of migration, colonialism and many other historical, social and cultural phenomena. | ||
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_aEnglish language _xHistory. _2BUEsh |
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_bHHUUEENN _cNovember2018 |
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_vReading book _934232 |
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_aGraddol, David, _eeditor. _941918 |
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