The adventure of English : = the bio...
Bragg, Melvyn, (1939-)

Linked to FindBook      Google Book      Amazon      博客來     
  • The adventure of English : = the biography of a language /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    Title/Author: The adventure of English :/ Melvyn Bragg
    Reminder of title: the biography of a language /
    Author: Bragg, Melvyn,
    Published: New York :Arcade Pub. : : 2004.,
    Description: xii, 322 p., [32] p. of plates :ill. (some col.) ;23 cm.
    Notes: Originally published: U.K. : Hodder & Stoughton, 2003
    [NT 15003449]: The common tongue -- The great escape -- Conquest -- Holding on -- The speech of kings -- Chaucer -- God's english -- English and the language of the state -- William Tyndale's bible -- A renaissance of words -- Preparing the ground -- Shakespeare's english -- "My America" -- Wild west words -- Sold down the river -- Mastering the language -- The proper way to talk -- Steam, streets and slang -- Indian takeover -- The West Indies -- Advance Australia -- Warts and all -- All over the world -- And now ...?
    Subject: English language - History. -
    ISBN: 9781559707848 (pbk.) :
Location:  Year:  Volume Number: 
Items
  • 1 records • Pages 1 •
 
F0063605 六樓西文書區HC-Z(6F Western Language Books) 01.外借(書)_YB 一般圖書 PE1075 B66 2004 一般使用(Normal) On shelf 0
  • 1 records • Pages 1 •
Reviews
Export
pickup library
 
 
Change password
Login