The Adventure of English
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Word Count
92,000 words, Guess
Page Count
368 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10676868M
- Internet Archiveadventureofengli0000brag_s9c5
- ISBN-100340829931
- ISBN-139780340829936
- Better World BooksKO-470-323
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780340829936
- Better World BooksKP-076-122
Classifications
- LCCPE1075 .B66 2004
- LCCPE1072
Description
"In this book Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English Language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. Along the way its colorful story takes in a host of characters and locations, from the early tribes, Alfred the Great's stubborn resistance to the Danes, and through its early literary masterpieces such as Beowulf and the bawdy Geoffrey Chaucer; Henry VIII's battles with the church over bootleg bibles; a 'coarse' playwright named William Shakespeare; the songs of the Creole slaves and the worlds of Davy Crockett; street slang and Dr. Johnson's dictionary; the role of English in India and its adoption in the United States of America which returned the language with full interest."--BOOK JACKET.
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