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He explains the growing dominance of the english language gracefully, without straying too far from the realm of facts into the nomansland of opinions. English as a global language, second edition institute for cultural. English has been deemed the most successful language ever, with 1500 million speakers internationally. Check it out watching this video about an interview with the prominent linguist david crystal. English as a global language grace linkedin slideshare. Nov 02, 2009 global english with professor david crystal. In three chapters he then traces the rise of english to that status. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. One such prevailing language is english, which in david crystal s 2003 terms is a global language. English as a global language 2nd edition david crystal.
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