The History of the English Language / Brigit Viney
By: Viney, Brigit [aut]
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Series: Oxford bookworms library: factfiles.New York : Oxford University, 2008Edition: First edition.Description: 88 pages : Illustrations ; 21 cm.Content type: txt Media type: n Carrier type: ncISBN: 9780194233972.Subject(s): English language -- History | English -- HistoriaDDC classification: 428 / Summary: About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English. In homes and schools, offices and meeting rooms, ships and airports, people are speaking English...How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it in the future? The history of the English language is a journey through space and time, from thousands of years ago to today and beyond, and to all parts of the world. Come on that journey and meet the monks and soldiers, the kings and scientists, the printers, poets, and travellers who have helped to make the English of today.
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About a quarter of the people in the world today speak or use English. In homes and schools, offices and meeting rooms, ships and airports, people are speaking English...How has this happened? How did English begin, and what will become of it in the future? The history of the English language is a journey through space and time, from thousands of years ago to today and beyond, and to all parts of the world. Come on that journey and meet the monks and soldiers, the kings and scientists, the printers, poets, and travellers who have helped to make the English of today.
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