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008		121212s2011 nyua 001 0 eng
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020		\|a9781559707107
020		\|a9781559707848 (pbk.)
020		\|a1559707844 (pbk.)
020		\|a9781611450071
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040		\|aDLC\|beng\|cDLC\|dPVY
050	00	\|aPE1075\|b.B66
082	00	\|a420.9
095		\|d420.9\|eB73\|pBOOK
100	1	\|aBragg, Melvyn,\|d1939-
245	14	\|aThe adventure of English :\|bthe biography of a language /\|cby Melvyn Bragg.
260		\|aNew York :\|bArcade Pub. :\|bDistributed by Time Warner Book Group,\|c2011.
300		\|axii, 322 p. :\|bill. (some col.) ;\|c25 cm.
504		\|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-312) and index.
505	0	\|aThe 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 ...?
520		\|aA history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.
650	0	\|aEnglish language\|xHistory.
910		\|a20121212