The story of English - Philip Gooden
how the English language conquered the world
KORTE INHOUD
The story of English is een boek van Philip Gooden. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Heerlen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2009, 223pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dustjacket. 27 x 21 cm. In very good condition. Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, and finally emerging as modern English from the late Middle Ages, the English language has grown to become the linguistic equivalent of a superpower, and is now sometimes described as the world's lingua franca. Worldwide some 380 million people speak English a...
