by Joseph Piercy · Michael O'Mara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781782435143
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«The Story of English» is the historical and linguistic essay by Joseph Piercy, published by Michael O'Mara in hardcover (192 pages, in English).
Joseph Piercy recounts how the dialects of tribes from Denmark, the Netherlands and northern Germany became the most widely used language in the world. The chronological journey runs from Latin and pre-Roman influences to Old, Middle and Modern English, with stops at the printing press, Chaucer, dictionaries, slang and electronic messaging.
The work was originally published in 2012; this edition is from 2016. The full title includes the subtitle «How an Obscure Dialect Became the World's Most-Spoken Language».
Aimed at the general adult audience interested in the history of the English language and linguistics.
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