The story of English / Robert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeil.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2003.Edition: 3rd rev. edDescription: xxi, 468 p. : maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0142002313 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420/.9 21
LOC classification:
  • PE1075 .M58 2003
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: List of Maps ix -- New Introduction to the Third Edition xi -- Introduction: Speaking of English i -- 1 An English-Speaking World 9 -- 2 The Mother Tongue 46 -- 3 A Muse of Fire 90 -- 4 The Guid Scots Tongue 130 -- 5 The Loaded Weapon 170 -- 6 Black on White zo9 -- 7 Pioneers! 0 Pioneers! 251 -- 8 The Echoes of an English Voice 293 -- 9 The New Englishes 337 -- 10 Next Year's Words 375 -- Notes and Sources 395 -- Select Bibliography 437 -- Acknowledgements 439 -- Index 441.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-438) and index.

Machine generated contents note: List of Maps ix -- New Introduction to the Third Edition xi -- Introduction: Speaking of English i -- 1 An English-Speaking World 9 -- 2 The Mother Tongue 46 -- 3 A Muse of Fire 90 -- 4 The Guid Scots Tongue 130 -- 5 The Loaded Weapon 170 -- 6 Black on White zo9 -- 7 Pioneers! 0 Pioneers! 251 -- 8 The Echoes of an English Voice 293 -- 9 The New Englishes 337 -- 10 Next Year's Words 375 -- Notes and Sources 395 -- Select Bibliography 437 -- Acknowledgements 439 -- Index 441.

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