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The Adventure Of English - The Biography of a Language (Paperback, New ed)
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The Adventure Of English - The Biography of a Language (Paperback, New ed)
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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. 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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