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01930aam a2200349 a 4500 001 4A656172B0BE11E3B16AFBCADAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140321010102 008 110118r20112004nyuao b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011001766 020 $a 1611450071 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781611450071 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 035 $a (OCoLC)679921125 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d IJC $d BDX $d P@N $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PE1075 $b .B66 2011 082 00 $a 420.9 $2 22 100 1 $a Bragg, Melvyn, $d 1939- 245 14 $a The adventure of English : $b the biography of a language / $c Melvyn Bragg. 260 $a New York : $b Arcade Pub., $c c2011. 300 $a xii, 322 p. : $b ill., photographs ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a Previous ed.: 2004. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index. 505 0 $a The 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 $a A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare. 650 0 $a English language $x History. 941 $a 3 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204072501.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110054423.0 952 $l PYAX423 $d 20191001012522.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4A656172B0BE11E3B16AFBCADAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWRInitiate Another SILO Locator Search