The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
ISBN-13:
9781611450071
ISBN-10:
1611450071
Edition:
36204th
Author:
Melvyn Bragg
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
Arcade
Format:
Paperback
336 pages
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ISBN-13:
9781611450071
ISBN-10:
1611450071
Edition:
36204th
Author:
Melvyn Bragg
Publication date:
2011
Publisher:
Arcade
Format:
Paperback
336 pages
Summary
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (ISBN-13: 9781611450071 and ISBN-10: 1611450071), written by authors
Melvyn Bragg, was published by Arcade in 2011.
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“Superb. . . . Inspiring.”—Newsday. “A captivating history.”--The Daily Telegraph. “A thorough and incredibly enjoyable trip down a linguistic memory lane.”—Bloomsbury Review
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 English absorbed and made their own.
Along the way, its colorful story takes in a host of remarkable people, places, and events: the Norman invasion of England in 1066; the arrival of The Canterbury Tales and a “coarse” playwright named William Shakespeare, who added 2,000 words to the language; the songs of slaves; the words of Davy Crockett; and the Lewis and Clark expedition, which led to hundreds of new words as the explorers discovered unknown flora and fauna.
The Adventure of English is an enthralling story not only of power, religion, and trade, but also of a people and how they changed the world.
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 English absorbed and made their own.
Along the way, its colorful story takes in a host of remarkable people, places, and events: the Norman invasion of England in 1066; the arrival of The Canterbury Tales and a “coarse” playwright named William Shakespeare, who added 2,000 words to the language; the songs of slaves; the words of Davy Crockett; and the Lewis and Clark expedition, which led to hundreds of new words as the explorers discovered unknown flora and fauna.
The Adventure of English is an enthralling story not only of power, religion, and trade, but also of a people and how they changed the world.
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