taarak's review
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
by Melvyn Bragg
taarak's review
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language by Melvyn Bragg
taarak's review
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recommended for: Any speaker of English
Best book I've read about the origins of the English language.
This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling story of power, religion, and trade, but also the story of people, and how their lives continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling story of power, religion, and trade, but also the story of people, and how their lives continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
