Now in paperback, THE ENGLISH IS COMING! takes a lively and entertaining look at the increasing phenomenon of global English-English words understood around the world-through an in-depth study of 30 English words that are now part of the worldwide lexicon, and also makes some intriguing predictions about the language's immediate future.
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Maps; Line drawings, black and white
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Höhe: 196 mm
Breite: 131 mm
Dicke: 22 mm
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978-1-4391-7669-6 (9781439176696)
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Leslie Dunton-Downer earned a BA, with specialization in Ancient Greek, from Harvard, where she returned for a Ph.D. with distinction in Comparative Literature. Her graduate work focused on English and other languages and literatures of western medieval Europe. Dunton-Downer coauthored the acclaimed Essential Shakespeare Handbook and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
