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The Adventure of English
THE BIOGRAPHY of a LANGUAGE
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Bragg, Melvyn
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St.-Willibrord-Gymn.
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Melvyn Bragg strides confidently through the origins and growth of English ... concise as well as learned ... an impressive and sage view of the big picture.´ Robert Winder, NEW STATESMAN ´Always readable, often thought-provoking, and consistently entertaining.´ Andrew Rosenheim, INDEPENDENT ´Bragg´s approachable account ... gleams with littel gems. It has power and clarity.´ James Smart, SUNDAY HERALD ´Intriguing ... Ishare Bragg´s linguistic egalitarianism, his respect for dialects, his sense of expressive richness that borrowed words bring.´David Crystal, THE SUNDAY TIMES ´This breathless tale of the English language is one of struggle, resilience and triumph.´Michael Cronin, IRISH TIMES ´Informative, entertaining, sensible and good-humoured´ Allan Massie, DAILY TELEGRAPH ´Told as an adventure story, and rightly so ... There is much splendid intellectual firepower in this book.´Andrew Roberts, SPECTATOR
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978-0-340-82993-6
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354 S
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Englisch
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