The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language

The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language

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Melvyn Bragg
Melvyn Bragg
2003

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In this title 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.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. Easy to read, yet informative.

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