メルヴィン・ブラッグ『英語の冒険』<br>Adventure of English : The Biography of a Language -- CD-Audio （Unabridged）

メルヴィン・ブラッグ『英語の冒険』
Adventure of English : The Biography of a Language -- CD-Audio （Unabridged）

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  • ページ数 354 p.
  • 商品コード 9781840328561

基本説明

最初は１５万人にしか話されていなかった英語が、どのようにして１５億人が使う言語になったのか？「英語」が語る、スリルと興奮、波瀾万丈のドラマに彩られた冒険物語。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2003.

Full Description


English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet, and it is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years.In this book Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. Embracing elements of Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi and Gullah, this 1500-year story covers a huge range of countries and religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.