The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-2003
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English 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.
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London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2003.
Collation:
xii, 354 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-327) and index.
ISBN:
9780340829912 (hbk)0340829915 (hbk)
Dewey class:
420.9
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English
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BRN:
311880