Englishes around the World - Colonialism

Why are there varieties of English spoken all around the globe? The answer, in one word, is colonialism. This video discusses basic notions that we need for an understanding of colonialism and its linguistic consequences. Tilo Frey: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/00... Louis Agassiz: https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/01... Agassiz: "The diversity of origin of the human races" https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookv... The Atlantic Slave Trade:    • Video   Edgar Schneider: "English Around the World" https://books.google.ch/books/about/E... Alastair Pennycook: "The cultural politics of English as an international language" https://books.google.ch/books/about/T...