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David Crystal
608 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781585676019
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication date: Not specified
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The English language is now accepted as the global lingua franca of the modern age, spoken or written in by over a quarter of the human race. But how did it evolve? How did a language spoken originally by a few thousand Anglo-Saxons become one use...
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David Crystal
608 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781585676019
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The English language is now accepted as the global lingua franca of the modern age, spoken or written in by over a quarter of the human race. But how did it evolve? How did a language spoken originally by a few thousand Anglo-Saxons become one use...