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The adventure of English : the biography of a language


Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
New York : Arcade Pub. : Distributed by Time Warner Book Group, 2004. 2004

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The adventure of English : the biography of a language


Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
New York : Arcade Pub., ©2011. 2011

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Drift


Bergvall, Caroline.
Brooklyn & Callicoon, N.Y. : Nightboat Books ; Lebanon, N.H. : Distributed by the University Press of New England, [2014] 2014

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The English language in America


Krapp, George Philip, 1872-1934.
New York : The Century Co., for the Modern Language Association of America, 1925. 1925

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The English Language : Its Grammar, History, and Literature


Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow), 1836-1902, author.
London : Meiklejohn and Son Ltd., 1920. 1920

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English, the global language


Crystal, David, 1941-
[Place of publication not identified] : [U.S. ENGLISH Foundation], [1996] 1996

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Everything you know about English is wrong


Brohaugh, William.
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2008] 2008

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Globish : how the English language became the world's language


McCrum, Robert.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2010] 2010

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Globish : how the English language became the world's language


McCrum, Robert.
[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2010. 2010

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A High School Grammar : Dealing with the Science of the English Language


Kellogg, Brainerd, author.
New York : Maynard, Merrill, & Co., 1900. 1900

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Historic English


Fernald, James C. (James Champlin), 1838-1918.
New York : Grosset & Dunlap [1921] 1921

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A history of the English language


Baugh, Albert C. (Albert Croll), 1891-1981.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1978] 1978

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The history of the English language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2003] 2003

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History of the English language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., 2000. 2000

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The history of the English language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2008] 2008

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A history of the English language


Gelderen, Elly van.
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, [2006] 2006

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A History of the English Language


Gelderen, Elly van.
Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014. 2014

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Holy shit : a brief history of swearing


Mohr, Melissa.
Oxford [England] ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013. 2013

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Holy shit : a brief history of swearing


Mohr, Melissa, author
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] 2013

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How English became English : a short history of a global language


Horobin, Simon, author.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016. 2016

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How English became English : a short history of a global language


Horobin, Simon, author.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016. 2016

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Inventing English : a portable history of the language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
New York : Columbia University Press, [2007] 2007

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Inventing English : a portable history of the language


Lerer, Seth, 1955-
New York : Columbia University Press, [2007] 2007

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Journeys in English


Bryson, Bill.
[Bath, England] : BBC Audiobooks, 2008. 2008

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The language wars : a history of proper English


Hitchings, Henry, 1974-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. 2011

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The lexicographer's dilemma : the evolution of "proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park


Lynch, Jack (John T.)
New York : Walker & Co., 2009. 2009

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The mother tongue : English & how it got that way


Bryson, Bill.
New York : W. Morrow, [1990] 1990

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The mother tongue : English & how it got that way


Bryson, Bill.
New York : Perennial, 2001. 2001

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The mother tongue : English and how it got that way


Bryson, Bill, author.
[New York] : HarperAudio, 2015. 2015

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The mother tongue : English and how it got that way


Bryson, Bill, author.
[United States] : Harper Collins Publishers, 2015. 2015

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Myths, lies, and half-truths of language usage.



[United States] : The Great Courses, 2012. 2012

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Nike, nurses and neon : the ancient Greek and Latin words we use every day


Brown, N. P. (Nigel P.)
London : Metro, 2008. 2008

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Organic history of English words.


Morris, John, 1863-
Strassburg : K.J. Trübner, 1909. 1909

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The origins and development of the English language.


Pyles, Thomas, 1905-1980.
New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich [1971] 1971

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Our magnificent bastard tongue : the untold history of English


McWhorter, John H.
New York : Gotham Books, [2008] 2008

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Our marvelous native tongue : the life and times of the English language


Claiborne, Robert.
New York, N.Y. : NYT Times Books, [1983] 1983

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Our own words.


Dohan, Mary Helen.
New York : Knopf; [distributed by Random House], 1974. 1974

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The Oxford history of English



Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006

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The prodigal tongue : the love-hate relationship between American and British English


Murphy, M. Lynne, author.
New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2018] 2018

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The prodigal tongue : the love-hate relationship between American and British English


Murphy, M. Lynne, author.
[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2018. 2018

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The secret life of words : English words and their origins


Curzan, Anne.
Chantilly, VA. : Teaching Company, ℗2012. 2012

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The secret life of words : English words and their origins


Curzan, Anne.
[Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Company ; Prince Frederick, MD : [Distributed by] Recorded Books, [2012] 2012

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The secret life of words : English words and their origins.


Curzan, Anne, author, speaker.
[United States] : The Great Courses, 2012. 2012

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The stories of English


Crystal, David, 1941-
Woodstock : Overlook Press, 2004. 2004

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The Stories of English


Crystal, David, 1941- author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Abrams / Vearsa Limited, [2005] 2005

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The story of English


McCrum, Robert.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1986. 1986

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The story of English


McCrum, Robert.
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1987. 1987

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The story of English : how the English language conquered the world


Gooden, Philip.
London : Quercus, 2011. 2011

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The story of the English language


Pei, Mario, 1901-1978.
Philadelphia : Lippincott [1967] 1967

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Sumer is icumen in : our ever-changing language


Greenfeld, Howard.
New York : Crown Publishers, [1978] 1978

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