The status of 'Standard English' has featured in linguistic, educational and cultural debates over decades. This second edition of Tony Crowley's wide-ranging h
George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of
The complex politics of English as a world language provides the backdrop both for linguistic studies of varieties of English around the world and for postcolon
An exploration of the origins of the English language with historical and political background and theories. The author examines both literary and standard Engl