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The story of english

"This book is a companion to the PBS series on the history of the English language. The book discusses the development of the language in British, Scots, Irish, American, Australian, Canadian and black Englishes and the modern evolution of English and English-based Creoles in the former British colonies."

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  • "Library Journal: A tie-in for a nine-part television series to be broadcast over PBS beginning in September, this is a wide-ranging account of the travels and changes of the English tongue from its beginnings to tomorrow, from England to America to Australia to Africa and India and the Pacific. Despite an occasionally perceptible British bias, the authors have tried hard to paint a colorful, vivid picture of the many faces and varieties of English. The text is never dull, but is enlivened by innumerable examples and by interviews with representative individuals: a minister in Scotland, a couple from the Appalachians, a storekeeper in Newfoundland, a Philadelphia shoeshine man, a cockney fruitseller, an Australian farm family, the president of Sierra Leone, a writing professor in India. A readable book that all public libraries should have. BOMC alternate. Catherine V. von Schon, SUNY, Stony Brook."
  • "From the successful television series, this is a history of the development and rise of the English language and of its many variations around the globe. Annotation. The saga of the English language--from its origin as the dialect of a small European tribe to its present status as the world's most prominent language. For general readers."
  • ""This book is a companion to the PBS series on the history of the English language. The book discusses the development of the language in British, Scots, Irish, American, Australian, Canadian and black Englishes and the modern evolution of English and English-based Creoles in the former British colonies.""@en
  • "Ben shu yi kuan kuo de shi ye, yi shi shi ban de jie gou, yi xiang shi de zi liao, jiang shu le ban sui ang ge lu-sa ke xun ren de ru qin, " ying yu zai jian jian xia di da le bu lie dian ", ji ta de fa zhan mai luo, jiang shu le ying yu dui shi jie ge da zhou de yu yan he wen hua shang de zhi min ji you ci er chan sheng de yu yan bian zhong deng nei rong."
  • "Presents the history of the English language from its obscure Anglo-Saxon origins to its present status as the world's most prominent and fast-growing international language."
  • "A popular history of the English language."@en

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  • "History"
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  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"

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  • "The Story of english"
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  • "The story of english"
  • "Story of English"
  • "Ying yu de gu shi"
  • "The story of English"@en
  • "The story of English"
  • "Story of english"@en
  • "英語的故事"
  • "The Story of English"
  • "The Story of English"@en
  • "The Story Of English"@en
  • "La storia delle lingue inglesi"
  • "La storia delle lingue inglesi"@it

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