English Is Coming!
How One Language Is Sweeping the World
Published on 2. August 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-4391-7669-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Maps; Line drawings, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
278 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4391-7669-6 (9781439176696)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
09/2010
1st Edition
Touchstone
€15.81
Available for download
Person
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.