Title Statements
- Full title :How English Became English.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):OUP Oxford
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (188 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191069208, 0191069205
- oclc:on1039094903
Table of Contents
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 Proper -- Good Grammar -- 5: 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.
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