How English Became the Global Language /

From its dim origins among Germanic speakers in the British Isles, the English tongue spread for over a millennium through commerce, cultural exchange, and military conquest to become the de facto language of our modern, globalized world. From the Shanghai stock exchange to the United Nations to Int...

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Main Author:	Northrup, David, 1941- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 New York, NY : 2013
Edition:	First edition
Subjects:	Civilization > History Comparative linguistics English language > Globalization English language > History English language > Variation English language > Foreign countries English language Historical linguistics Linguistics Social history World history History

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