RRP: £12.99
Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP
Publication Date : 05/05/2005
Paperback
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Guardian Bookshop Notes:
This wonderfully entertaining history of the English language shows us how the many strands of English, from Standard English, through different dialects, to slang usage, developed to create the richly-varied language of today.
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Publisher's description:
This superbly well-informed - and also wonderfully entertaining - history of the English language answers all these questions, showing how the many strands of English (Standard English, dialect and slang among them) developed to create the richly-varied language of today.
ISBN: 9780141015934