The Adventure of English

The Biography of a Language

Autor*innen

• Melvyn Bragg

Parameter

• 368 Seiten
• 13 Lesestunden

• Biographien
• Handbücher und Anleitungen
• Historisches Thema
• Linguistik
• Sachbücher

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English is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years. Melvyn Bragg explores the story of the English language - from its beginnings as a minor Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Einband: Hardcover