English as a Global language
English as a Global language
M. Aceto,D. Crystal
1998 · DOI: 10.2307/417014
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TLDR
This book discusses the development of English as a global language in the 20th Century and some of the aspects of its development that have changed since the publication of the first edition.
Abstract
David Crystal, a professor of Linguistics and an authority on English Language, has written a major work on the status of English as a global language. This book is an informed estimate by one of the distinguished scholars of language about the future of English…