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The Story Of English:Third Revised Edition
[Paperback - 2002]
robert mccrum
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Category: Linguistics
Sub-category: Linguistics
Additional Category: Anthropology
Publisher: Penguin Books | ISBN: 9780142002315 | Pages: 496
Shipping Weight: .38 | Dimensions: 5.25 x 1.1 x 7.95 inches

Description

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.

About the Author

Robert McCrum is an associate editor of the Observer. He was born and educated in Cambridge. For nearly 20 years he was editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber & Faber. He is the co-author of The Story of English (1986), and has written six novels. He was the literary editor of the Observer from 1996 to 2008, and has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1990