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Author:

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Time Warner Book Group,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xii, 322 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

English language--History.
Anglais (Langue)--Histoire.

Notes:

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:

1559707844 (pbk.)
9781559707848 (pbk.)
9781559707107
1559707100

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53013029

LCCN:

2003019583

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)