"Language Lore," examines some of the myths and misconceptions that affect attitudes toward language-and towards English in particular.

Elsewhere, where the local linguistic culture was more divided, they helped tip the balance towards English.

During the Renaissance, patriotic feelings were felt towards English, recognizing it as the national language.

This novel changed my attitude towards English.

It also aims to improve the students knowledge towards English and Literature.

These tendencies could be reduced to bias towards maths or English.

Thus we notice more dialect levelling towards standard English in the south than in the north of England.

The trend these days was towards plain English.

It has recently taken on the nature of wholesale language shift towards Scottish English, sometimes also termed language change, convergence or merger.

However, the processes of globalization exert increasing pressure on the population to assimilate towards English at the expense of their mother tongues.