Robert Mccrum: The Story of English

Cover: 9780142002315 | The Story of English | Third Revised Edition | Robert Mccrum (u. a.)

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Beschreibung

Now revised, The Story of English is the first book to tell the whole story of the English language. Originally paired with a major PBS miniseries, this book presents a stimulating and comprehensive record of spoken and written English—from its Anglo-Saxon origins some two thousand years ago to the present day, when English is the dominant language of commerce and culture with more than one billion English speakers around the world. From Cockney, Scouse, and Scots to Gulla, Singlish, Franglais, and the latest African American slang, this sweeping history of the English language is the essential introduction for anyone who wants to know more about our common tongue.

Über den Autor

Robert McCrum is the author of six novels and My Year Off: Rediscovering Life After a Stroke. Now literary editor of The Observer, he is working on an authorized biography of P. G. Wodehouse.

Robert MacNeil was the co-anchor of PBS's The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. His books include two volumes of memoirs and three novels including his latest, Breaking News.

William Cran is the executive producer for the television series The Story of English.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Story of EnglishList of Maps
New Introduction to the Third Edition
Introduction: Speaking of English
1. An English-Speaking World
2. The Mother Tongue
3. A Muse of Fire
4. The Guid Scots Tongue
5. The Loaded Weapon
6. Black on White
7. Pioneers! O Pioneers!
8. The Echoes of an English Voice
9. The New Englishes
10. Next Year's Words
Notes and Sources
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2002
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780142002315
ISBN-10:	0142002313
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Mccrum, Robert Macneil, Robert Cran, William
Hersteller:	Penguin Publishing Group
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	203 x 135 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Robert Mccrum (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	31.12.2002
Gewicht:	0,562 kg