The adventure of English : 500 AD to 2000 : the biography of a language / Melvyn Bragg
2003, 1st edition. London : Sceptre. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #414643
ISBN: 0340829931
Physical description; xii, 354 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The common tongue -- The great escape -- Conquest -- Holding on -- The speech of kings -- Chaucer -- God's English -- English and the language of the state -- William Tyndale's Bible -- A renaissance of words -- Preparing the ground -- Shakespeare's English -- My America -- Wild West words -- Sold down the river -- Mastering the language -- The proper way to talk -- Stream, streets and slang -- Indian takeover -- The West Indies -- Advance Australia -- Warts and all -- All over the world -- And now ... ? Subjects; English language History. Diachronic linguistics. English language.
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