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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Viking, 1986Edition: First American editionDescription: 384 pages : illustrations (some color), color mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0670804673
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9
Contents:
Introduction : speaking of English
An English-speaking world
The mother tongue
A muse of fire
The Guid Scots tongue
The Irish question
Black on white
Pioneers! O pioneers!
The echoes of an English voice
The new Englishes
Epilogue : Next year's words
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Book Book Greater Project 4 Branch Reference Section Circulation R 420.9 M132s 1986 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 120292d

Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-368) and index.

Introduction : speaking of English

An English-speaking world

The mother tongue

A muse of fire

The Guid Scots tongue

The Irish question

Black on white

Pioneers! O pioneers!

The echoes of an English voice

The new Englishes

Epilogue : Next year's words

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