English – One Tongue, Many Voices

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English – One Tongue, Many Voices is written by Jan Svartvik and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230596169 (ISBN 10) and 9780230596160 (ISBN 13).

This is the fully revised and expanded second edition of English - One Tongue, Many Voices, a book by three internationally distinguished English language scholars who tell the fascinating, improbable saga of English in time and space. Chapters trace the history of the language from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international language of unprecedented range and variety. The authors examine the present state of English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its future, online and offline. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English, it remains a single language.