The Story of English: Third Revised Edition Paperback - 2002
by Robert McCrum; Robert MacNeil; William Cran
Now revised, this is the first book to tell the whole story of the English language. Originally paired with a major PBS miniseries, the authors present a stimulating and comprehensive record of spoken and written English from its Anglo-Saxon origins to the present day.
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Now revised, The Story of English is the first book to tell the whole story of the English language. Originally paired with a major PBS miniseries, this book presents a stimulating and comprehensive record of spoken and written English—from its Anglo-Saxon origins some two thousand years ago to the present day, when English is the dominant language of commerce and culture with more than one billion English speakers around the world. From Cockney, Scouse, and Scots to Gulla, Singlish, Franglais, and the latest African American slang, this sweeping history of the English language is the essential introduction for anyone who wants to know more about our common tongue.
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Twenty years ago, when I was working with William Cran and Robert MacNeil on the research and development stage of the television series that, initially, accompanied the book, not one of us suspected that the linguistic phenomenon were analysing - global English - was on the brink of becoming a worldwide sensation.
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- Title The Story of English: Third Revised Edition
- Author Robert McCrum; Robert MacNeil; William Cran
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date December 31, 2002
- ISBN 9780142002315 / 0142002313
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.36 x 1.08 in (20.07 x 13.61 x 2.74 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects English language - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002029818
- Dewey Decimal Code 420.9
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"Rarely has the English language been scanned so brightly and broadly in a single volume." —The San Francisco Chronicle
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