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OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi How English Became English OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi How English Became English A Short History of a Global Language SIMON HOROBIN 1 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi 3 GreatClarendonStreet,Oxford,OX26DP, UnitedKingdom OxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford. ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship, andeducationbypublishingworldwide.Oxfordisaregisteredtrademarkof OxfordUniversityPressintheUKandincertainothercountries ©SimonHorobin2016 Themoralrightsoftheauthorhavebeenasserted FirstEditionpublishedin2016 Impression:1 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedin aretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformorbyanymeans,withoutthe priorpermissioninwritingofOxfordUniversityPress,orasexpresslypermitted bylaw,bylicenceorundertermsagreedwiththeappropriatereprographics rightsorganization.Enquiriesconcerningreproductionoutsidethescopeofthe aboveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,atthe addressabove Youmustnotcirculatethisworkinanyotherform andyoumustimposethissameconditiononanyacquirer PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyOxfordUniversityPress 198MadisonAvenue,NewYork,NY10016,UnitedStatesofAmerica BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Dataavailable LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2015952191 ISBN 978–0–19–875427–5 PrintedinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesplc LinkstothirdpartywebsitesareprovidedbyOxfordingoodfaithand forinformationonly.Oxforddisclaimsanyresponsibilityforthematerials containedinanythirdpartywebsitereferencedinthiswork. OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi ForJennifer,Lucy,Rachel,andFlorence OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi CONTENTS Acknowledgements ix ListofIllustrations xi 1. WhatisEnglish? 1 2. Origins 14 3. Authorities 39 4. Standards 72 5. Varieties 99 6. GlobalEnglishes 131 7. WhyDoWeCare? 152 FurtherReading 167 Index 171 OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi OUPCORRECTEDPROOF–FINAL,28/11/2015,SPi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IamverygratefultoAndreaKeeganwhocommissionedthis book and to anonymous reviewers for their incisive com- mentsonpreviousdrafts.IalsowishtothankJennyNugee, whoprovidedmuchhelpfulguidancethroughoutthewrit- ing process. I am grateful to the President and Fellows of MagdalenCollege,Oxford,forpermissiontoreproduceMS lat.105,andtoChristineFerdinandandJamesFishwickfor their assistance. This book has benefited from the insights andadviceofnumerousfriendsandcolleagues;inparticular IwishtothankDeborahCameron,whoreadtheentirebook indraftandmademanyhelpfulsuggestions,LyndaMuggle- stone, Charlotte Brewer, Jeremy Smith, David Crystal, Tim Machan,andSethLerer.Iamalsogratefultomystudents, especially Lucy Diver, Rosie Durkin, John Phipps, Molly Janz,AliceRichardson,LucRosenberg,JackSolloway,Alice Theobald, and Alice Troy-Donovan, for many fruitful dis- cussions of the issues raised here while I was writing this book. I alone remain responsible for the opinions and for anyinaccuraciesthatremain. ix
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