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The adventure of English : the biography of a language

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-2016
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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.
Author:
Edition:
[New] edition.
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2016.London : Sceptre, 2016.
Collation:
xii, 359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781473639065 (pbk)
Dewey class:
420.9
Language:
English
BRN:
2328492
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