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5 days ago · Based on: The Long Journey of English: A Geographical History of the Language by Trudgill Peter. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (eBook), 2023. ix + 191. ISBN: 9781108960243.
5 days ago · English is not the official language of the United States of America. The country does not have an official language on the federal level. Many states, however, have passed legislation that designates English as their official language.
- What is the English language?The English language is an Indo-European language in the West Germanic language group. Modern English is widely considered to be the lingua franca...
- How many people speak English?As of 2020 there are 1.27 billion English speakers around the world. This makes it the most spoken language, ahead of Mandarin Chinese (1.12 billio...
- Is African American Vernacular English a dialect of English?There has been much public and academic debate on whether African American Vernacular English (AAVE) is a dialect of English or its own separate la...
- Where did English come from?Having emerged from the dialects and vocabulary of Germanic peoples—Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—who settled in Britain in the 5th century CE, English...
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2 days ago · e. English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England. [4] [5] [6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain.
1 day ago · For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, [b] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. [4] English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances is the de facto common language used in ...
4 days ago · One facet of international research that has been well documented is the rise and use of English as a “default” international language for academic publication. The study of this topic is generally, but not always, referred to as English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP).
5 days ago · 1. The Legacy of the British Empire. 2. The Rise of the United States. 3. English is the Language of Business and Trade. 4. A Language of Education and Research. 5. The Age of Internet and Digital Communication. 6. Relative Ease of Learning in Comparison to Others. 7. English is the Language of Opportunity. FAQs. History of English Language.
4 days ago · "The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies provides a comprehensive overview of English Language Studies. The book takes a three-pronged approach to examine what constitutes the phenomenon of the English language; why and in what contexts it is an important subject to study; and what the chief methodologies are that are used to study it."
