by Philip Seargeant, Joan Swann · Routledge · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780415674218
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«English in the World» is the linguistics volume edited by Philip Seargeant and Joan Swann, published by Routledge in paperback (376 pages, in English).
Collective study of English as a historical and global language. The first half traces its evolution from fifth-century roots to its national, colonial and worldwide role; the second examines its current diversity: varieties of English, pidgins, creoles and phenomena of variation, hybridization and change among speakers and communities.
Part of the Worlds of English series, linked to The Open University. First edition 2011.
Aimed at students of English studies or linguistics; assumes no prior knowledge of the subject.
