TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horobin,Simon
TI  - How English became English: a short history of a global language 
SN  - 9780191069208
AV  - PE1075 .H694 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar, Historical
KW  - History
KW  - Historical linguistics
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; How English Became English: A Short History of a Global Language; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; 1: What is English?; Old English; Early Modern English; Scots; Tok Pisin; Modern English; 2: Origins; Beginnings; Old English (AD 650-1100); Middle English (1100-1500); Early Modern English (1500-1750); Late Modern English (1750-1900); 3: Authorities; Dictionaries; Academies; Usage Guides; Sources; Logic; Etymology; Descriptive or Prescriptive?; 4: Standards; Standard English: What It Is and What It Isn't; Right Writing; Talking Proper; Good Grammar5: Varieties; Dialects; Scots; Attitudes; Accents; Dialect Grammars; Dialect Vocabulary; The Future; Registers; Electronic Discourse; Neologisms; Punctuation; 6: Global Englishes; English in America; English in Canada; English in Australia and New Zealand; Models; English in South Asia; Mixed Varieties: Singlish; Pidgins and Creoles; The Future; 7: Why Do We Care?; Rights and Wrongs; Good Grammar in the Marketplace; Good Grammar in the Classroom; Good Grammar and Latin Grammar; The Marketability of Good Grammar; English and Nationalism; FURTHER READING; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; INDEX; 2; b
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