The Story of English in 100 Words

The Story of English in 100 Words

By
David Crystal
David Crystal
2011 • 260 pages

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Read In 2020

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents
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History

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From Dawn to Decadence
The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History
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How the Irish Saved Civilization

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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Ebooks

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Linguistics

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Language Myths
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History Of English

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Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language
Essentials of Early English: An Introduction to Old, Middle, and Early Modern English
Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
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English Language

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Historical Linguistics

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Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Story of English in 100 Words
Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling, and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation