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Auteur(s) : McCrum, Robert (1953-....) Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Globish [Texte imprimé] : how the English language became the world's language / Robert McCrum

Publication : New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 2010

Description matérielle : xii-331 p. ; 25 cm

Comprend : PART ONE. Founders. In the beginning : four invasions and a cultural revolution ; Defeat into victory : the DNA of self-expression ; 'Lighte Englisshe' : medieval mass communications ; Eating paper, drinking ink : Shakespeare & Co. ; PART TWO. Pioneers. 'A whole country of English' : re-inventing freedom and originality ; 'Common hopes and common dreams' : lighting out for the territory ; 'The audacity of hope' : from slavery to redemption ; PART THREE. Popularisers. Rule, Britannia! : how England became British ; East, in a Western voice : the People's Empire ; 'At the top of the world' : the imperial swan song ; PART FOUR. Modernisers. 'A willingness of the heart' : the American century I ; 'The unity of the English-speaking peoples' : the American century II ; 'The world at your fingertips' : from Google to Globish, 1989-2009 ; PART FIVE. Globalisers. One world, one dream : 'conquer English to make China strong' ; 'Virtually running America' : India, the Far East and beyond.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-312) and index
Robert McCrum, coauthor of the best-selling book and television series The Story of English, shows how the language of the Anglo-American imperium has become the world's lingua franca--From vendor description

Sujet(s) : Anglais (langue) -- Histoire Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Anglais langue internationale Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Langue universelle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet