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100 1 $aPei, Mario,$d1901-1978.
245 14 $aThe many hues of English,$cby Mario Pei.
250 $a[1st ed.]
260 0 $aNew York,$bKnopf,$c1967.
300 $aviii, 214 p.$c22 cm.
505 0 $aThe varieties of English. The two mainstreams ; The rivulets ; Your language says more than you think ; Pidgin English around the world -- The flux of English. Have we too many words? ; Changing times--changing words ; Shall we bring English up to date? ; A standard for English ; The problem of spelling reform -- Usage and the dictionary. Leave your language alone ; Chamber of horrors ; Usage and abusage ; But what of American usage? ; That dictionary ; The dictionary as a battlefront ; A loss for words -- What we do to others. G.I. English : not for export ; What we have done to one language ; But what have we done for them lately? -- A glimpse into the future. The international language and English ; One world? One language? ; The hidden politics of words ; What TV is doing to language ; English in 2067 : a forecast ; 2075 : a flight of the imagination.
650 0 $aEnglish language.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aPei, Mario, 1901-1978.$tMany hues of English.$b[1st ed.].$dNew York, Knopf, 1967$w(OCoLC)592694346
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