The English Language: A Very Short Introduction Audiobook (Free)

The English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. But where did English result from? And how offers it evolved into the language utilized today?

In this Very Brief Introduction Simon Horobin investigates how exactly we have arrived at the English we realize today, and celebrates just how new speakers and new uses mean that it is constantly on the adapt. Interesting with contemporary problems about correctness, Horobin considers whether such changes are improvements, or proof slipping standards. What is the near future for the British language? Will Regular English continue to hold sway, or are we witnessing its alternative by newly rising Englishes?