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English as a global language / David Crystal.
LIBRA PE2751 .C79 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crystal, David, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Social aspects--Foreign countries.
- English language.
- English language--Social aspects--English-speaking countries.
- Communication, International.
- Intercultural communication.
- Language and culture.
- Language, Universal.
- English language--Social aspects.
- Foreign countries.
- English-speaking countries.
- Physical Description:
- x, 150 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- A world authority on the English language has written a timely and informative account of the phenomenon of English as a global language. David Crystal looks at the current spread and status of English as a first or second language internationally, and offers an informed assessment of the future of English. 11 maps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-142) and index.
- ISBN:
- 052159247X
- OCLC:
- 36225432
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