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Chargement... The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (original 2003; édition 2011)par Melvyn Bragg (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreThe Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language par Melvyn Bragg (2003)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Like oxygen, the English language is an invisible and highly under appreciated part of our lives. Take an audible journey through its history in this most interesting work. English is very much alive and constantly changing. Appreciate the voyage to today's version before it becomes as dated as Chaucer's Middle English. The audible version richly rewards you with all the varied dialect pronunciations. ( )
Bragg sees the English Language as a living organism, with hopes, fears, courage and determination all of its own. Its history is an epic tale of breaking free from the confines of mainland Europe, leaping into the wide expanse of the British Isles, heroic resistance to the onslaught of the Vikings, then cruel defeat by the Normans, dark years of oppression as it gazes upon looming extinction. Then, just when all seems lost, comes triumph over its enemies, a glorious blooming, a bursting forth to take on the world and win the prize of Top Language, as it has always felt its destiny to be. Appartient à la série éditorialeFlipback (2) Distinctions
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. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)420.9Language English and Old English (Anglo Saxon) modified standard subdivisions of English History, geographic treatment, biographyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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