The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000 the biography of a language
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The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000 the biography of a language
Sceptre, 2004, c2003
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The biography of a language
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First published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2003
Bibliography: p. 319-328
Includes index
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'Melvyn Bragg's superb new history of the English language is told as an adventure story, and rightly so. There is much splendid intellectual firepower in this book.' Andrew Roberts, Spectator
English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet, and it is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years.
'Always readable, often thought-provoking and consistently entertaining.' Independent
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. THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH is not only an enthralling story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
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