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David Crystal, world authority on the English language, has written a timely and informative account of the phenomenon of English as a global language. It includes a historical summary of the global development of English; an analysis, well supported by facts and figures, of the current spread and sContinue
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- English Books
- Hardcover 160 Pages
- ISBN-10: 052159247X
- ISBN-13: 9780521592475
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Pub date: Sep 13, 1997
- Dimensions: 1419 mm x 903 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback and Unbound
- In other languages: other languages
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English as a Global Language
Crystal begins English as a Global Language by asking what it means for a language to be global, and what the advantages and disadvantages of having a global language are. In three chapters he then traces the rise of English to that status. The first ... (read full critics)