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1 English the working tongue of the global village. -PART I: History of an island language.- 2 The first 500 years.- 3 1066 and All That.- 4 Modern English in the making.- PART II: The spread of English around the world.- 5 English goes to the New World. -6 English transplanted.- 7 English varieties in the British Isles.- 8 American and British English.- 9 English, pidgins and creoles.- PART III: A changing language in changing times.- 10 The standard language today.- 11 Linguistic change in progress: Back to the Inner Circle.- 2 Electronic English.- 13 English into the future.- Notes: Comments and References.- References.- Index of people.- Index of topics.- Pronunciation.                                     

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      Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
      Published 7 January 2016
      ISBN-13 9781137550217
      978-1137550217
      ISBN-10 113755021X
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      Historical and comparative linguistics Language: reference and general Sociolinguistics

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      1 English the working tongue of the global village. -PART I: History of an island language.- 2 The first 500 years.- 3 1066 and All That.- 4 Modern English in the making.- PART II: The spread of English around the world.- 5 English goes to the New World. -6 English transplanted.- 7 English varieties in the British Isles.- 8 American and British English.- 9 English, pidgins and creoles.- PART III: A changing language in changing times.- 10 The standard language today.- 11 Linguistic change in progress: Back to the Inner Circle.- 2 Electronic English.- 13 English into the future.- Notes: Comments and References.- References.- Index of people.- Index of topics.- Pronunciation.                                     

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