Crystal, David.

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.