The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

Is British English the best English?

The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson

Orin Hargraves

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The heyday of the big-brand dialects of English is probably over. In this century, the chief demand placed on English will be for an ability to adapt to the needs of the millions of speakers who use it as a second language.

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Hargraves, Orin. Is British English the best English?. The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 89-92 Apr 2012. ISBN 9781908049490. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=20754. Date accessed: 16 Apr 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.20754. Apr 2012

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