Language Change: The Impact of English as a Lingua Franca

Language Change: The Impact of English as a Lingua Franca
ISBN-10
1108492851
ISBN-13
9781108492850
Series
Language Change
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages
350
Language
English
Published
2020-12-03
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Anna Mauranen, Svetlana Vetchinnikova

Description

Through integrating different perspectives on language change, this book explores the enormous on-going linguistic upheavals in the wake of the global dominance of English. Combining empirical research with theoretical approaches, it will appeal to researchers and graduate students of English, and also of other languages studying language change.

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