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The English language has an estimated one - two billion speakers world
wide. Millions speak English as their first language, many more as their
second language and an ever increasing number as a foreign language.
As the boundaries of these various evolving categories are not clear-cut,
this course will examine the spread of English in its historical
development and linguistic variation across global varieties with
“standard” and “non-standard” features.
For the reading test scheduled for the first session, students are
expected to read:
Crystal, David 2006. “English Worldwide”
in Hogg, R. and D. Denison (eds), A History of the English Language
(Cambridge: CUP), 420-39
URL: http://www.davidcrystal.com/DC_articles/English3.pdf |
