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Book Details
Table of Contents
The world's language
The dawn of language
Global language
The first thousand years
Where words come from
Pronunciation
Varieties of English
Spelling
Good English and bad
Order out of chaos
Old world, new world
English as a world language
Names
Swearing
Wordplay
The future of English.
Edition Notes
Published by arrangement with HarperCollins Publishers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
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