Ebook {Epub PDF} Globish: How the English Language Became the Worlds Language by Robert McCrum

 · Robert McCrum's "Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language", narrated by James Langton is about the history of the English language and it's rise as the new "Lingua Franca". The English language, in it's many forms has become the major language of international commerce, science and the internet/5. Globish: How the English Language Became the World’s Language. By Robert McCrum. W.W. Norton Co, pages. Reviewed by Michael Mosettig. When you Google for the source of the oft-quoted aphorism that "English is the easiest language to speak badly," the answer quickly pops up: George Bernard Shaw. This lead sentence of mine incarnates the theme of this book on the spread of English .  · Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language By Robert McCrum Hardcover, pages W. W. Norton Company List price: $ Read An ExcerptEstimated Reading Time: 7 mins.

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In the twenty-first century, writes the author, English + Microsoft = Globish. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY McCrum explores why English has become dominant in the modern world, and, more significantly, how English is manipulated, reconceived, and negotiated by different cultures and why. Globish: How the English Language Became the World's Language by Robert McCrum. Globish was his name for the kind of English they were using: a "decaffeinated" version without complexity or. Praise for Globish: “Robert McCrum argues, brilliantly and provocatively, that England’s greatest contribution to the world is English. The empire may be gone. But Globish explains why the language still rules.”—Malcolm Gladwell Praise for P. G. Wodehouse: A Life.