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Author:

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-

Title:

The adventure of English : the biography of a language / Melvyn Bragg.

Publisher:

Arcade Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xii, 322 p. : ill., photographs ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English language--History.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 2004. Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.

Contents:

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?

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1611450071 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781611450071 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)679921125

LCCN:

2011001766

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)