The Resource The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language, Melvyn Bragg
The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language, Melvyn Bragg
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The item The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language, Melvyn Bragg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 354 p., [32] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780340829912
- Label
- The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language
- Title
- The adventure of English
- Title remainder
- 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language
- Statement of responsibility
- Melvyn Bragg
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bragg, Melvyn
- Dewey number
-
- 420.9
- 420.9
- 420.9
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- facsimiles
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English language
- Languages
- Label
- The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language, Melvyn Bragg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-327) and index
- Control code
- 9780340829912
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 354 p., [32] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780340829912
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.)
- Label
- The adventure of English : 500AD to 2000, the biography of a language, Melvyn Bragg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-327) and index
- Control code
- 9780340829912
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 354 p., [32] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780340829912
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.)
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