English as a Global Language
David Crystal's informative account of the rise of English as a global language explores the history, current status and potential of English as the international language of communication. This new edition of his classic work includes additional sections on the future of English as a world language, English on the Internet, and the possibility of an English "family" of languages. Footnotes, new tables, and a comprehensive bibliography reflect the expanded scope of the revised edition. An internationally renowned scholar in the field of language and linguistics, David Crystal received an Order of the British Empire in 1995 for his services to the English language. He is the author of several books with Cambridge, including Language and the Internet (2001), Language Death (2000), English as a Global Language (1997), Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (1997), and Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language (1995) as well as Words on Words (University of Chicago, 2000). First edition Hb (1997): 0-521-59247-X First edition Pb (1998): 0-521-62994-2
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From digging through Crystals numbers and looking at the sources, his numbers seem to be accurate which is very important when making your own conclusions in research.
Contents
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The press
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Advertising
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Broadcasting
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Cinema
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Popular music
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International travel
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104 |
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International safety
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106 |
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Education
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Why English? The cultural legacy
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The media
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Communications
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The right place at the right time
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120 |
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The future of global English
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The rejection of English
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the US situation
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New Englishes
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The linguistic character of New Englishes
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Vocabulary
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158 |
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Codeswitching
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164 |
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Other domains
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168 |
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The future of English as a world language
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172 |
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An English family of languages?
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A unique event?
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189 |
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References
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Index
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Popular passages
Page 73 - And who, in time, knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent, T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores?
Page 142 - As an independent nation, our honor requires us to have a system of our own, in language as well as government. Great Britain, whose children we are, and whose language we speak, should no longer be our standard; for the taste of her writers is already corrupted, and her language on the decline.
Page 124 - Is it not a most painful thing that, if I want to go to a court of justice, I must employ the English language as a medium ; that, when I become a barrister, I may not speak my mother-tongue, and that someone else should have to translate to me from my own language? Is not this absolutely absurd? Is it not a sign of slavery?
Page 74 - English is destined to be, in the next and succeeding centuries more generally the language of the world, than Latin was in the last, or French is in the present age. The reason of this is obvious, because the increasing population in America, and their universal connexion and correspondence with all nations will, aided by the influence of England in the world, whether great or small, force their language into general use,, in spite of all the obstacles that may be thrown in their way, if any such...
Page 74 - Let the French, therefore, triumph in the present diffusion of their tongue. Our solid and increasing establishments in America, where we need less dread the inundation of barbarians, promise a superior stability and duration to the English language.
Page 72 - I love Rome, but London better ; I favour Italy, but England more ; I honour the Latin, but I worship the English.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English as a Global Language |
| Authors | David Crystal, Honorary Professor of Linguistics David Crystal |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0521530326, 9780521530323 |
| Length | 212 pages |
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