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: English - One Tongue, Many Voices (9781403918291): Jan Svartvik, Geoffrey Leech


English - One Tongue, Many Voices



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Two internationally distinguished English language scholars tell the fascinating,
improbable saga of English in time and space. They trace the history of the lan-
guage from its obscure beginnings over 1500 years ago as a collection of dialects
spoken by marauding, illiterate tribes. They show how the geographical spread
of the language in its increasing diversity has made English into an international
language of unprecedented range and variety. They look at the present state of
English as a global language and the problems, pressures and uncertainties of its
future. They argue that, in spite of the amazing variety and plurality of English,
it remains a single language.
English – One Tongue, Many Voices tells its story with the help of maps, diagrams
and pictures. The text is interspersed with panels focusing on particular topics
of interest, and is followed by notes that give the sources of information, as well
as detailed references and indexes.
A book for students and their teachers, and for anyone who wants a broad and
authoritative introduction to the phenomenon of English worldwide.
Jan Svartvik, the distinguished Scandinavian scholar of English language, is
now Emeritus Professor at the University of Lund, Sweden. He is co-author of
Engelsk universitetsgrammatik (with Olof Sager, 1977) and Handbok i engelska
(with Rikard Svartvik, 2001), and author, co-author or editor of some 35 books
and 75 papers or articles on varied aspects of English linguistics, contrastive
grammar and nautical terminology. He is a Member of the Royal Swedish
Academy of Sciences, The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
and Academia Europaea.
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