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100 1 $aBragg, Melvyn,$d1939-
245 14 $aThe adventure of English :$bthe biography of a language /$cMelvyn Bragg.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bArcade Pub. :$bDistributed by Time Warner Book Group,$c2004.
300 $axii, 322 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-312) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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 -- Steam, streets and slang -- Indian takeover -- The West Indies -- Advance Australia -- Warts and all -- All over the world -- And now ...?
520 $aA history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
586 $aA Book-of-the-Month, and History Book Club selection.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xHistory.
650 6 $aAnglais (Langue)$xHistoire.
650 7 $aEnglish language.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00910920
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648 7 $aGeschichte.$2swd
655 4 $aNonfiction.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBragg, Melvyn, 1939-$tAdventure of English.$b1st U.S. ed.$dNew York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Time Warner Book Group, 2004$w(OCoLC)647609345
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