02828nam 2200553 450 991079799650332120230808212828.00-19-106921-30-19-106920-5(CKB)3710000000530049(EBL)4310774(MiAaPQ)EBC4310774(Au-PeEL)EBL4310774(CaPaEBR)ebr11138616(CaONFJC)MIL879667(OCoLC)935258941(EXLCZ)99371000000053004920160119h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHow English became English a short history of a global language /Simon HorobinFirst edition.Oxford, England ;New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-875427-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1: What is English?; Old English; Early Modern English; Scots; Tok Pisin; Modern English; 2: Origins; Beginnings; Old English (AD 650-1100); Middle English (1100-1500); Early Modern English (1500-1750); Late Modern English (1750-1900); 3: Authorities; Dictionaries; Academies; Usage Guides; Sources; Logic; Etymology; Descriptive or Prescriptive?; 4: Standards; Standard English: What It Is and What It Isn't; Right Writing; Talking ProperGood Grammar5: Varieties; Dialects; Scots; Attitudes; Accents; Dialect Grammars; Dialect Vocabulary; The Future; Registers; Electronic Discourse; Neologisms; Punctuation; 6: Global Englishes; English in America; English in Canada; English in Australia and New Zealand; Models; English in South Asia; Mixed Varieties: Singlish; Pidgins and Creoles; The Future; 7: Why Do We Care?; Rights and Wrongs; Good Grammar in the Marketplace; Good Grammar in the Classroom; Good Grammar and Latin Grammar; The Marketability of Good Grammar; English and Nationalism; FURTHER READING; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; INDEXEnglish languageGrammar, HistoricalEnglish languageHistoryHistorical linguisticsEnglish languageGrammar, Historical.English languageHistory.Historical linguistics.420.9427 HORHorobin Simon629105MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797996503321How English became English3700406UNINA