Tom McArthur

The English Languages

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Plural? monolithic? legion? - Tom McArthur explores the nature of English in its local and global contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780521481304
• ISBN-10: 0521481309
• Artikelnr.: 30977468

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Organized Babel
2. A universal resource
3. Cracks in the academic monolith
4. Models of English
5. Standardness
6. Scots and Southron
7. Substrates and supersubstrates
8. The Latin analogy
9. The shapes of English
Index.

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Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Organized Babel; 2. A universal resource; 3. Cracks in the academic monolith; 4. Models of English; 5. Standardness; 6. Scots and Southron; 7. Substrates and superstrates; 8. The Latin analogy; 9. The shapes of English; Index.

Rezensionen

"The English Languages is a fascinating book written in a highly user-friendly style." Word