The stories of English /
by David Crystal.
- Penguin : Suffolk, 2005.
- 584 p. : ; 18 cm.
Traces the history of the English language, discussing how it envolved from a language used by only a few thousand Anglo-Saxons into one used by more than a quarter of the human race in the modern world.
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English language--Variation. English language--Diallects. English language--History.