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The Story of English

Author : Philip Gooden
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 1623653045
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book The Story of English written by Philip Gooden and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, and finally emerging as modern English from the late Middle Ages, the English language has grown to become the linguistic equivalent of a superpower, and is now sometimes described as the world's lingua franca. Worldwide, some 380 million people speak English as a first language and some 600 million as a second language. A staggering one billion people are believed to be learning it. English is the premier international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, and diplomacy and also on the Internet. It has been one of the official languages of the United Nations since its founding in 1945. It is considered by many good judges to be well on the way to becoming the world's first universal language Author Philip Gooden tells the story of the English language in all its richness and variety. From the intriguing origins and changing definitions of common words such as OK, berserk, curfew, cabal, and pow-wow, to the massive transformations wrought in the vocabulary and structure of the language by Anglo-Saxon and Norman conquest, through to the literary triumphs of Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales and the works of Shakespeare. The Story of English is a fascinating tale of linguistic, social and cultural transformation, and one that is accessibly and authoritatively told by an author in perfect command of his material.

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge and published by . This book was released on 1803 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of English

Author : Joseph Piercy
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 1843179237
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Story of English written by Joseph Piercy and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover 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.

Anecdotes Of The English Language: Chiefly Regarding The Local Dialect Of London And Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That The Natives Of The Metro

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Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher : Alpha Edition
ISBN 13 : 9789354489402
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes Of The English Language: Chiefly Regarding The Local Dialect Of London And Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That The Natives Of The Metro written by Samuel Pegge and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anecdotes Of The English Language: Chiefly Regarding The Local Dialect Of London And Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That The Natives Of The Metropolis And Its Vicinities Have Not Corrupted The Language Of Their Ancestors; In A Letter From Samuel Pegge; To An Old Acquaintance, And Co-Fellow Of The Society Of Antiquaries, London; To Which Is Added, A Supplement To Grose'S ""Provincial Glossary"" has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anecdotes of the English Language; Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of London and Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That the Natives of the Metropolis and Its Vicinities Have Not Corrupted the Language of Their Ancestors. in a Letter from Samuel Pegg

Author : Francis Grose
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781346657905
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language; Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of London and Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That the Natives of the Metropolis and Its Vicinities Have Not Corrupted the Language of Their Ancestors. in a Letter from Samuel Pegg written by Francis Grose and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Stories of English

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1468306170
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book The Stories of English written by David Crystal and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2005-09-06 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking history of worldwide English in all its dialects, differences, and linguistic delights: “Informative . . . distinctive . . . a spirited celebration.” —The Guardian In this “well-informed and appealing” work (Publishers Weekly), David Crystal puts aside the usual focus on “standard” English, and instead provides a startlingly original view of where the richness, creativity, and diversity of the language truly lies—in the accents and dialects of nonstandard English users all over the world. Whatever their regional, social, or ethnic background, each group has a story worth telling, whether it is in Scotland or Somerset, South Africa or Singapore. He reminds us that for several hundred wonderful years, there was no such thing as “incorrect” English—and traces the evolution of the language from a few thousand Anglo-Saxons to the 1.5 billion people who speak it today. Moving from Beowulf to Chaucer to Shakespeare to Dickens and the present day, Crystal puts regional speech and writing at center stage, giving a sense of the social realities behind the development of English. This significant shift in perspective enables us to understand for the first time the importance of everyday, previously marginalized, voices in our language—and provides an argument too for the way English should be taught in the future. “A work of impeccable scholarship [that] could easily serve as a standard textbook for students of linguistics, but Mr. Crystal, reaching out to a more general audience, recognizes that even the most avid reader might flinch at the sections on Old Norse grammatical influence. Cleverly, he has sprinkled the book with little digressions, set apart in boxes, that address historical mysteries, strange loanwords, interesting etymologies and the like.” —The New York Times “Learned and often provocative . . . demonstrates repeatedly that common conceptions about language are often historically inaccurate—split infinitives bothered no one until recently (likewise sentence-ending prepositions).” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Simply the best introductory history of the English language family that we have. The plan of the book is ingenious, the writing lively, the exposition clear, and the scholarly standard uncompromisingly high.” —J.M. Coetzee, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Francis Grose
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781377432663
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Francis Grose and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332974740
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anecdotes of the English Language: Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of London and Its Environs The little Essay here presented to the Publick was found among the Papers of its deceased Author; who seems to have made it the amusement of a leisure hour; and probably laid aside or resumed his pen as his health and spirits ebbed and owed. Such as it is, the Editor presumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Anecdotes of the English language

Author : Samuel Pegge
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282293383
Total Pages : 464 pages
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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anecdotes of the English Language: Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of London and Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That Natives of the Metropolis, and Its Vicinities, Have Not Corrupted the Language of Their Ancestors Which have furnished the Additions and Corrections in the present Edition; which is improved by a very copious index. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Anecdotes of the English Language; Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of London and Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That the Natives of the Metropolis and Its Vicinities Have Not Corrupted the Language of Their Ancestors. in a Letter from Samuel...

Author : Samuel 1733-1800 Pegge
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781360283128
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language; Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of London and Its Environs; Whence It Will Appear That the Natives of the Metropolis and Its Vicinities Have Not Corrupted the Language of Their Ancestors. in a Letter from Samuel... written by Samuel 1733-1800 Pegge and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Anecdotes of the English Language

Author : Samuel Pegge (the younger.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Anecdotes of the English Language written by Samuel Pegge (the younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of be

Author : David Crystal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198791097
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Story of be written by David Crystal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals be's multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language. He tells the intriguing story in 26 chapters, each linked to a particular usage. We meet circumstantial be ("how are you?"), numerical be ("two and two is four"), quotative be ("so I was like, 'wow'"), and ludic be ("oh no he isn't "), and a whole swarm of other meanings. Bringing the ideas to life are a host of examples from sources as varied as Beowulf, Jane Austen, pantomime, Hamlet (of course), and Star Wars, with cartoons from Ed McLachlan and Punch peppered throughout. Full of fascinating nuggets of information, it is a book to delight any lover of words and language.