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The story of English : how an obscure dialect became the world's most-spoken language

Piercy, Joseph2012
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'The Story of English' illustrates the compelling history of how the relatively obscure dialects spoken by tribes from what are now Denmark, the Low Countries and northern Germany, became the most widely spoken language in the world, and of how that language evolved during the last two millennia.
Main title:
The story of English : how an obscure dialect became the world's most-spoken language / Joseph Piercy.
Author:
Piercy, Joseph
Imprint:
London : Michael O'Mara, 2012.
Collation:
192 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781843178835 (hbk)
Dewey class:
420.9
Language:
English
Subject:
English language -- HistoryEnglish language -- GlobalizationLanguages
BRN:
446036
Bookmark link:
https://slough.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=446036

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