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

Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
2004
PE1075 .B66 2004
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Title
The adventure of English : the biography of a language / Melvyn Bragg.
Author
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
Edition
First U.S. edition.
ISBN
1559707100
Published
New York : Arcade Pub., 2004.
Distributor
New York : Distributed by Time Warner Book Group
Language
English
Description
xii, 322 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Call Number
PE1075 .B66 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
420/.9
Note
Originally published: U.K. : Hodder & Stoughton, 2003.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.
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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 ...?

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