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The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language

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 | #96814 in Books |  2011-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x6.10 x6.00l,.85 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| The Adventure Of English ... Melvyn Bragg|By Martin|Really interesting study which helped me understand why and how the English language is so flexible, subtle, and rich in synonyms compared for example to French where l'Academie Francaise officially resists adoption of any new words from UnFrench cultures. (I live in France). It's one of those books I shall have to read again,|From Publishers Weekly|This compelling and charmingly personal companion to an eight-part television documentary (scheduled for the fall) makes for an idiosyncratic rival to PBS's bestselling blockbuster The Story of English, by Robert McCrum et al.

Here is the riveting story of the English language, from its humble beginnings as a regional dialect to its current preeminence as the one global language, spoken by more than two billion people worldwide. In this groundbreaking book, Melvyn Bragg shows how English conquered the world. It is a magnificent adventure, full of jealousy, intrigue, and war—against a hoard of invaders, all armed with their own conquering languages, which bit by bit, the speakers of ...

You easily download any file type for your device.The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language   |  Melvyn Bragg. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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