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McCrum, Robert.

Globish : = how the English language became the world's language /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Globish :/ Robert McCrum.
Reminder of title:	how the English language became the world's language /
Author:	McCrum, Robert.
Published:	New York :W.W. Norton, : 2011.,
Description:	xii, 331 p. ;21 cm.;
Subject:	English language - Globalization. -
ISBN:	0393339777 (pbk.)

Globish : = how the English language became the world's language /
McCrum, Robert.

Globish :how the English language became the world's language /Robert McCrum. - New York :W.W. Norton,2011. - xii, 331 p. ;21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Founders. In the beginning : four invasions and a cultural revolution -- Defeat into victory : the DNA of self-expression -- 'Lighte Englisshe' : medieval mass communications -- Eating paper, drinking ink : Shakespeare & Co. -- Pioneers. 'A whole country of English' : re-inventing freedom and originality -- 'Common hopes and common dreams' : lighting out for the territory -- 'The audacity of hope' : from slavery to redemption -- Popularisers. Rule, Britannia! : how England became British -- East, in a western voice : the People's Empire -- 'At the top of the world' : the imperial swan song -- Modernisers. 'A willingness of the heart' : the American century I -- 'The unity of the English-speaking people' : the American century II -- 'The world at your fingertips' : from Google to globish, 1989-2009 -- Globalisers. One world, one dream : 'conquer English to make China strong' -- 'Virtually running America' : India, the Far East, and beyond.

Robert McCrum, coauthor of the best-selling book and television series The Story of English, shows how the language of the Anglo-American imperium has become the world's lingua franca--From vendor description.

ISBN: 0393339777 (pbk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

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English language
--Globalization.

LC Class. No.: PE1075 / .M57 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 420.9

Globish : = how the English language became the world's language /
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