What Is English?: And Why Should We Care? - Couverture rigide

Machan, Tim William

 
9780199601257: What Is English?: And Why Should We Care?
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0199601259 ISBN 13 : 9780199601257
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2013

Synopsis

What is English? Can we be as certain as we usually are when we say something is not English? To find some answers Tim Machan explores the language's present and past, and looks ahead to its futures among the one and a half billion people who speak it. His search is fascinating and important, for definitions of English have influenced education and law in many countries and helped shape the identities of those who live in them.

Finding an account that fits the constantly changing varieties of English is, Tim Machan finds, anything but simple. But he rises to the challenge, grappling with its elusive essence through episodes in its history. He looks at the ambitions of Caxton, the preoccupations of Johnson, and the eloquence of Churchill, tussles with the jargons of contemporary business, and pursues his object from rural America to James Cook's Australia. He examines creoles, pidgins, and dialects, and takes apart competing histories showing their assumptions and prejudices. Finally he reveals the stable category English, resting paradoxically within its constantly mutating forms and varieties.

This is a book for everyone interested in English and the role of language in society and culture.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tim Machan is Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. His books include English in the Middle Ages and Language Anxiety published by Oxford University Press in 2003 and 2009 respectively, and Vafrúnismál published in by the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in 2008.



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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199601259
ISBN 13 
9780199601257
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
414
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780198736677: What is English?: And Why Should We Care?

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ISBN 10 :  0198736673 ISBN 13 :  9780198736677
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2016
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