1846684277 
Hardback The story of English in 100 words / David Crystal.
Publication year: 2011
Format: Hardback
Publisher: London : Profile,
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781846684272 (hbk.) : 1846684277 (hbk.) : 9781847654595 (ebook) : 1847654592 (ebook) :
Notes:
Includes index.
In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, the foremost expert on linguistics David Crystal draws on the 100 words that best illustrate the huge variety of developments and events that have shaped our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century.
Description:
xxi, 260 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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