Michael O'Mara, 2016. Softcover. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 12mo. (5 x 0.5 x 8 inches). Includes bibliography and index. 192 pp.

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ISBN: 9781782435143

Discover the extraordinary journey of the most widely spoken language in the world. From the Anglo-Saxons in the fifth century to the Normans in the eleventh, and on to present-day America, a huge array of diverse elements and tongues has helped shaped the English language. Follow its evolution from Latin - and earlier - influences through Old and Middle English to Early Modern and, finally, today's Late Modern English via the history of the printing press, the works of Chaucer, the evolution of the dictionary, the British Empire, the use of slang and the dawn of text speak. Wide-ranging and scrupulously researched, this is both a celebration of and a tribute to the most expressive, and yet adaptable, language in history.

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