The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of EnglishHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008 - 262 páginas An exhilarating exploration of how the world's languages are likely to transform and be transformed by their speakers Mark Abley, author of Spoken Here, takes the reader on a global journey like no other--from Singapore to Tokyo, from Oxford to Los Angeles, through the Internet and back in time. As much a travel book as a tour of words at play, The Prodigal Tongue goes beyond grammar and vocabulary to discover how language is irrevocably changing the people of the world in far-reaching ways. |
Contenido
The Power of Language Change | 1 |
How Words Are Created and Organized | 25 |
Asian English | 54 |
Global English | 78 |
Language in Japan | 101 |
Languages in Los Angeles | 122 |
Black English and HipHop | 144 |
Language in Cyberspace | 167 |
Words and the Fictional Future | 193 |
Keeping Language Real | 216 |
Acknowledgments | 237 |
Recommended Reading | 239 |
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