Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
Description |
xii, 322 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index. |
Contents |
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 ...? |
Subject |
English language -- History.
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ISBN |
1559707100 |
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