How Long to Read The Oxford Guide to World English

How Long Does it Take to Read The Oxford Guide to World English?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 23 minutes to read The Oxford Guide to World English by Tom McArthur

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The Oxford Guide to World English takes up where its 'mother book', the Oxford Companion to the English Language, left off. Organized by continent, there are chapters on Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia, Oceania, and Antarctica. Tom McArthur covers the world's many varieties of English in an interconnected way and notes the ties that bind varieties and regions that are geographically far apart, as with: West African English and African American English; Scots, Ulster Scots, the Scotch-Irish migrations to Appalachia in the US, and country and western music; and aspects of Australian, New Zealand, South African, and Falklands English as southern-hemisphere varieties. The end result is a book that, while invaluable to the specialist, is accessible and appealing to the non-specialist, and covers a vast spread of 'Englishes' from Brummie, Cockney, Estuary, and RP in the UK to New York and New Orleans speech in the US and such other varieties as Indian English, Maori English, and West African Pidgin. This hugely comprehensive work provides a fascinating and novel survey of English as both a pre-eminent 'standard' world language and a family of vigorously diverse regional varieties.

How long is The Oxford Guide to World English?

The Oxford Guide to World English by Tom McArthur is 501 pages long, and a total of 125,751 words.

This makes it 169% the length of the average book. It also has 154% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Oxford Guide to World English Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 27 minutes to read The Oxford Guide to World English aloud.

What Reading Level is The Oxford Guide to World English?

The Oxford Guide to World English is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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