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His book fleshes out ... in many interesting directions and locales, some expected, others less so: the Oxford English Dictionary, Polynesian encounters with eighteenth-and nineteenth-century settlers, Native American boarding schools in the American West, Henry Fords factory schools, and Churchills appeals to the English-speaking peoples. Ardis Butterfield, Common Knowledge a

`Machan's combination of precise detail, alongside thematic (rather than rigidly chronological) exploration, is often particularly rewarding.' Times Literary Supplement `like a river, English never stands still. This intelligent and entertaining book illuminates how a global language depends on that flux.' Oliver Kamm, The Times `This will be a rewarding book for anyone interested in the English language, especially students of English and educators ... Highly recommended.' E.L. Battistella, CHOICE

Machan's combination of precise detail, alongside thematic (rather than rigidly chronological) exploration, is often particularly rewarding. Times Literary Supplement like a river, English never stands still. This intelligent and entertaining book illuminates how a global language depends on that flux. Oliver Kamm, The Times This will be a rewarding book for anyone interested in the English language, especially students of English and educators ... Highly recommended. E.L. Battistella, CHOICE

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Tim Machan is Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. His books include English in the Middle Ages and Language Anxiety published by Oxford University Press in 2003 and 2009 respectively.

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