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The Language Revolution
von: David Crystal
Polity, 2018
ISBN: 9780745673141 , 152 Seiten
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: DRM
Preis: 15,99 EUR
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Cover
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Half-Title Page
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Series
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Title Page
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Copyright Page
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction: A New Linguistic World
13
1. The Future of Englishes
18
The present
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The past
22
Politics
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Economics
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The press
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Advertising
26
Broadcasting
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Motion pictures
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Popular music
29
International travel and safety
30
Education
31
Communications
32
The future
33
Latin revisited?
43
Centrifugal vs centripetal forces
47
The new revolution
51
2. The Future of Languages
54
Languages in danger
59
The twenty-first-century challenge: documentation and revitalization
69
3. The Role of the Internet
76
Not like speech
81
Not like writing
88
The consequences of a new medium: within a language
92
The consequences of a new medium: for all languages
98
4. After the Revolution
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The arts and language death
116
5. Language Themes for the Twenty-First Century
135
Notes
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Chapter 1 The Future of Englishes
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Chapter 2 The Future of Languages
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Chapter 3 The Role of the Internet
146
Chapter 4 After the Revolution
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Chapter 5 Language Themes for the Twenty-First Century
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Index
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EULA
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