Quotations about the English language or some aspect of it. English is one of the most widespread and most widely spoken languages in the world. Contents 1 Sourced 2 Unsourced 3 See also 4 External links // Sourced The problem with defending the purity...
English is a West Germanic language originating in England, and the first language for most people in Australia, Canada, the Commonwealth Caribbean, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America (also commonly known as the...
Tom McArthur. Cambridge University Press. [pounds]8.95 p.b. 247 pages. ISBN 0-521-48582-7. Accustomed as we are to think of a language as a single distinct unit, most readily associated with a noun, it is difficult to grasp those factors that reveal it as a...
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia: international review of English Studies
The English languages by Tom McArthur. Cambridge: CUP, 1998. Pp. 247. Recent years have witnessed the growing unpopularity of traditional and conservative approaches towards language study, which used to treat languages as distinct and clear-cut phenomena, with neat grammars, phonologies and vocabulary stocks....
A small publisher is struggling to expand the circulation of its biannual English-language magazine, which features hard-hitting stories on controversial issues, such as the overseas deployment of the Self-Defense Forces and gender equality. ''We aim to deliver high-quality, critical stories about the...
Australia is offering consular assistance to its nationals who are working in Japan for the scandal-hit English-language school operator Nova Corp., Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said Friday. ''We'll provide them with consular assistance if they need it,'' he said, adding, ''If...
An undergraduate's study of the English language as a discipline. This essay examines English as a communicative tool that transcends boundaries that divide disciplines. It questions the philosophies and psychology of language and the place of the English language in society.