Globish : how the English language became the world's language / Robert McCrum.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2011Description: x, 310 pages ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 014102710X
- 9780141027104
- 420.9 23
- PE1075 .M33 2011
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 420.9 MCC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | A566757B |
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420.9 KNO A cultural history of the English language / | 420.9 LEI A social history of English / | 420.9 MAC The story of English / | 420.9 MCC Globish : how the English language became the world's language / | 420.9 MCI History of English : a resource book for students / | 420.9 NEL Intelligibility in world Englishes : theory and application / | 420.9 PEN Studying the English language / |
Founders. In the beginning: four invasions and a cultural revolution ; Defeat into victory: the DNA of self-expression ; 'Lighte Englisshe': medieval mass communications ; Eating paper, drinking ink: Shakespeare & Co. -- Pioneers. 'A whole country of English': re-inventing freedom and originality ; 'Common hopes and common dreams': lighting out for the territory ; 'The audacity of hope': from slavery to redemption -- Popularisers. Rule, Britannia!: How England became British ; East, in a western voice: the People's Empire ; 'At the top of the world': the imperial swan song -- Modernisers. 'A willingness of the heart': the American century I ; 'The unity of the English-speaking people': the American century II ; 'The world at your fingertips': from Google to globish, 1989-2009 -- Globalisers. One world, one dream: 'Conquer English to make China strong' ; 'Virtually running America': India, the Far East and beyond.
Go anywhere in the world today and you'll see or hear English in some form. It may not necessarily be the Queen's English that you're hearing, but it is, nevertheless, a form of universally recognised English it is Globish.
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