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100 1 $aMcCrum, Robert.
245 10 $aGlobish :$bhow the English language became the world's language /$cby Robert McCrum.
260 $aLondon :$bViking,$c2010.
300 $ax, 310 pages ;$c22 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aGlobish takes us on the riveting and enlightening journey of the spread of a global English, from the icy swamps of pre-Roman Saxony to the shopping malls of Seoul, from the study of 'crazy English' in China to crowds of juvenile wizards mobbing bookshop tills across the world.
505 0 $aPrologue: 'Crazy English' -- pt. One: 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. -- pt. Two: Pioneers -- 'A whole country of English': reinventing freedom and originality -- 'Common hopes and common dreams': lighting out for the territory -- 'The audiacity of hope': from slavery to redemption -- pt. Three: Popularizers -- Rule, Britainnia! How England became British -- East, in a western voice: the people's empire -- 'At the top of the world': the imperial swansong -- pt. Four: Modernizers -- 'A willingness of the heart': the American century I -- 'The unity of the English-speaking peoples': The American century II -- 'The world at your fingertips': from Google to Globish, 1989-2009 -- Pt Five: Globalizers -- One world, one dream: 'conquer English to make China strong' -- 'Virtually running America': India, the Far East and beyond -- Epilogue: 'A thoroughfare for all thoughts'.
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