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English – One Tongue, Many Voices
Jan SvartvikGeoffrey Leech
出版Springer, 2016-06-21
主題Foreign Language Study / GermanLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & ComparativeLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / SociolinguisticsLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / PragmaticsLanguage Arts & Disciplines / ReferenceLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / SemanticsLanguage Arts & Disciplines / General
ISBN11371600719781137160072
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rtl6DAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language.