THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH. 500 A.D. to 2000 The Biography of a Language

by BRAGG, Melvyn

First Edition

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Book desription: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. xii, 354pp, including Bibliography and Index. With 55 illustrations mostly in colour. The English Language from its beginning as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as an established global language. Along the way its colourful 1500-year old story takes in a host of characters and locations, from early tribes, Alfred the Great, Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dr. Johnson, Henry VII, Creole slaves. A story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the English language. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

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