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9781559707848
English is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years. Melvyn Bragg explores the story of the English language - from its beginnings as a minor Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language.Bragg, Melvyn is the author of 'Adventure of English The Biography of Language', published 2006 under ISBN 9781559707848 and ISBN 1559707844.
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