Globish: How the English Language became the World's Language - Softcover

McCrum, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0670918873 ISBN 13: 9780670918874

Publisher: Viking, 2010

Synopsis

What were the beginnings of the English language?
Why has American culture spread so successfully and will it continue to do so even as the country's power apparently wanes?
Why are the West Indies no longer any good at cricket?
What difference did slavery make to the way we speak English today?
Packed with nuggets of information about language, culture, history and power, Robert McCrum traces the way that the English language as twisted and turned in response to the way the world has changed, and how, even as the British Empire is long dead, the language extends its influence further and further in a globalised world.

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Review:

Globish presents a terrifically interesting prism through which to view the history of English . . . Most fascinating and amusing . . . Mr. McCrum s rapid journey . . . makes entertaining reading.--Paul Levy

About the Author:

Robert McCrum, literary editor of London's Observer, is the author of six highly acclaimed novels and coauthor of the international bestseller The Story of English.
Actor and musician James Langton, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, has performed many voice-overs and narrated numerous audiobooks, including the international bestseller The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud by Julia Navarro and The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0670918873
• ISBN 13: 9780670918874
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320