Changing English - Learn English Online with Interactive Lessons & Courses | Improve Your English Skills for Work, Travel & Daily Life
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Changing English examines the history of English from its origins in the fifth century to the present day. It focuses on the radical changes that have taken place in the structure of English over a millennium and a half, detailing the influences of migration, colonialism and many other historical, social and cultural phenomena. Expert authors illustrate and analyze dialects, accents and the shifting styles of individual speakers as they respond to changing circumstances. The reader is introduced to many key debates relating to the English language, illustrated by specific examples of data in context.Including key material retained from the earlier bestselling book, English: History, Diversity and Change, this edition has been thoroughly reorganized and updated with entirely new material. Changing English: explains basic concepts, easily located through a comprehensive index includes contributions by experts in the field, such as David Crystal, David Graddol, Dick Leith, Lynda Mugglestone and Joan Swann contains a range of source material and commissioned readings to supplement chapters. Changing English makes an essential contribution to the field of English language studies.
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I have been teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses on the history of the English language as well as English-as-an-International-Language for several years. I have been searching for some time for a textbook that could possibly include both topics and which would: (a) take a critical look at English; (b) do justice to both areas and, at the same time, (c) be consistent, theoretically, regarding the matter of language change. This book by Graddol et al is just that book. Each chapter, written by one of the editors, is logically developed and greatly informative. Additional end-of-chapter readings give depth to one or more of the particular issues discussed within the chapter. All chapters work together seamlessly. For graduate students, additional readings are necessary--but "Changing English" gives them foundational information and a theoretical background about language change that lead easily into more specialized texts. The inclusion of color photos, maps, and other charts make the book attractive. Kudos to Graddol et al!
