The language revolution
"In this book, David Crystal, one of the world's authorities on language, brings together for the first time the three major trends which he argues have fundamentally altered the world's linguistic ecology: the emergence of English as the world's first truly global language; the crisis facing huge numbers of languages which are currently endangered or dying; and, finally, the radical effect on language of the arrival of Internet technology." "The Language Revolution will be essential reading fo…
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- Full title :The language revolution / David Crystal.
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"In this book, David Crystal, one of the world's authorities on language, brings together for the first time the three major trends which he argues have fundamentally altered the world's linguistic ecology: the emergence of English as the world's first truly global language; the crisis facing huge numbers of languages which are currently endangered or dying; and, finally, the radical effect on language of the arrival of Internet technology." "The Language Revolution will be essential reading for anyone interested in language and communication in the twenty-first century."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2004.
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- Publisher(s):Polity Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 142 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0745633129, 9780745633121, 0745633137, 9780745633138
- oclc:ocm52845709
- LC Classification:P107
- Dewey Decimal:410
Table of Contents
1. The future of Englishes -- 2. The future of languages -- 3. The role of the Internet -- 4. After the revolution -- 5. Language themes for the twenty-first century.
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