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Index
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of illustrations
1 What is English?
Old English
Early Modern English
Scots
Tok Pisin
Modern English
2 Origins
Beginnings
Old English (ad 650–1100)
Middle English (1100–1500)
Early Modern English (1500–1750)
Late Modern English (1750–1900)
3 Authorities
Dictionaries
Academies
Usage guides
Sources
Logic
Etymology
Descriptive or prescriptive?
4 Standards
Standard English: what it is and what it isn’t
Right writing
Talking proper
Good grammar
5 Varieties
Dialects
Scots
Attitudes
Accents
Dialect grammars
Dialect vocabulary
The future
Registers
Electronic discourse
Neologisms
Punctuation
6 Global Englishes
English in America
English in Canada
English in Australia and New Zealand
Models
English in South Asia
Mixed varieties: Singlish
Pidgins and creoles
The future
7 Why do we care?
Rights and wrongs
Good grammar in the marketplace
Good grammar in the classroom
Good grammar and Latin grammar
The marketability of good grammar
English and nationalism
Further reading
Index
Social Media
Online Catalogue
Writing and Script
English Literature
French Literature
Biography
Free Speech
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