TY - BOOK AU - Seargeant,Philip AU - Swann,Joan ED - Open University TI - English in the world: history, diversity, change T2 - Worlds of English SN - 9780415674218 (pbk.) PY - 2012/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - English language KW - Globalization KW - Variation KW - History KW - Foreign countries N1 - This book is part of the series Worlds of English published by Routledge in association with The Open University. The three books in the series are: English in the World: History, Diversity, Change; Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology; The Politics of English: Conflict, Competition, Co Existence; Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-358) and index; English in the world today / Philip Seargeant -- A natonal language / Joan Beal -- A colonial language / Dick Leith and Philip Seargeant -- A global language / David Crystal -- English and Englishes / Jennifer Smith -- English and other languages / Kay McCormick -- Variation and change in English / Mariam Meyerhoff and Anna Strycharz ER -