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Author Gooden, Philip.

Title The story of English : how the English language conquered the world / Philip Gooden.

Publication Info. London : Quercus, 2011.
2009.

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 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  420.9 GOODEN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  420.9 GOODEN    Check Shelf
Description 296 pages ; 20 cm
Note "First published in Great Britain in 2009"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-[297]) and index.
Contents A universal language? -- The Celts and the Romans -- The Anglo-Saxons -- The Viking effect -- The Norman conquest -- Chaucer's English -- The age of Shakespeare -- Faith and science -- A new-found language -- The age of Doctor Johnson -- American independence -- The spread of English -- The nineteenth century -- English now -- The future of English -- English : right and wrong -- English : taking sides.
Subject English language -- History.
Language spread -- History.
ISBN 9780857383280 paperback
0857383280 paperback
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