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The adventure of English: the biography of a language
The adventure of English: the biography of a language
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Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
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English
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Hughes Main Library - Adult Non-Fiction
420.9 Bragg
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From the Book - First U.S. ed.
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 ...?
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English language
History
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Bragg, Melvyn
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9781559707107
9781628720242
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