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100 1 $aBragg, Melvyn,$d1939-
245 14 $aThe adventure of English :$b500AD to 2000 : the biography of a language /$cMelvyn Bragg.
260 $aLondon :$bSceptre,$c2004.
300 $axii, 354 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c18 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) 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 $aEnglish is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years. Melvyn Bragg explores the story of the English language - from its beginnings as a minor Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xHistory.
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