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008			100902s2010 enka b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780712350990 (hbk.)
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050		4	_aPE1075 _b.C789 2010
100	1		_aCrystal, David, _d1941-
245	1	0	_aEvolving English : _bone language, many voices : an illustrated history of the English language / _cDavid Crystal.
246	3	0	_aIllustrated history of the English language.
260			_aLondon : _bBritish Library _c2010.
300			_a159 p. : _bcol. ill. ; _c29 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.
520	8		_aSummary: English is spoken or written today by a third of the world's population - an unprecedented achievement for a language. How has this situation come about? And what happens to a language when it is used by so many? In this illustrated history David Crystal charts the development of the language from the earliest runic inscriptions in old English, through the emergence of a standard variety of English between 1400 and 1800, to the most modern forms of the language in 'concrete' and 'text' poetry. In telling the story he draws on examples from English in its various guises and uses from our everyday English to English in the workplace and English used as a medium of playful and literary expression. The regional and international varieties of English are also considered. This book shows us where language is now, where it has been, and perhaps most important of all where it is heading, for the new varieties of the language appearing in world literature and on the Internet show that this is a story which is by no means over.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xHistory.
650		0	_aLanguage acquisition.
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