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Changing english examines the history of english from its origins in the fifth century to the present day. Including key material retained from the earlier bestselling book, english. English language and linguistics 1a university of glasgow. David graddol analyses demographic and economic trends and suggests how they may influence. Graddol, david, dick leith, and joan swann 1996 english. Such writers had thus established a golden age of english literature and for them it was better to rehabilitate archaic words than borrow from latin. Although many languages are going extinct, new ones. Although many languages are going extinct, new ones are emerging in cities and extended. Why global english may mean the end of english as a foreign language despite the extraordinary changes of the last few years, one thing appears to remain the same. David graddol, dick leith, joan swann the story of english is often presented as one of progress.
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