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How English conquered the world: a Guns, Germs, and Steel argument based on the power of the word. It seems impossible: a small island in the North Atlantic, colonized by Rome, then pillaged for hundreds of years by marauding neighbors, becomes the dominant world power in the nineteenth century. Equally unlikely, a colony of that island nation, across the Atlantic, grows into the military and cultural colossus of the twentieth century. How? By the sword, of course; by trade and industrial ingenuity; but principally, and most surprisingly, by the power of their common language. In this provocative and compelling new look at the course of empire, 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. In fascinating detail he describes the ever-accelerating changes wrought on the language by the far-flung cultures claiming citizenship in the new hegemony. In the twenty-first century, writes the author, English + Microsoft = Globish. .
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Globish, Robert McCrum
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- Année de publication
- 2010
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- Titre
- Globish
- Sous-titre
- How the English Language Became the World's Language
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Robert McCrum
- Éditeur
- Penguin UK
- Publié
- 2010
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 310
- ISBN10
- 0670918873
- ISBN13
- 9780670918874
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Thème historique, Manuels, Histoire, Dictionnaires et manuels de langue, Journalisme littéraire, Langues, Sociologie, Manuels de langue, Histoire de la langue
- Première publication
- 2010
- Titre original
- Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language
- Évaluation
- 3,25 sur 5
- Description
- How English conquered the world: a Guns, Germs, and Steel argument based on the power of the word. It seems impossible: a small island in the North Atlantic, colonized by Rome, then pillaged for hundreds of years by marauding neighbors, becomes the dominant world power in the nineteenth century. Equally unlikely, a colony of that island nation, across the Atlantic, grows into the military and cultural colossus of the twentieth century. How? By the sword, of course; by trade and industrial ingenuity; but principally, and most surprisingly, by the power of their common language. In this provocative and compelling new look at the course of empire, 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. In fascinating detail he describes the ever-accelerating changes wrought on the language by the far-flung cultures claiming citizenship in the new hegemony. In the twenty-first century, writes the author, English + Microsoft = Globish. .