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020 _a0142002313 (pbk.)
020 _a9780142002315 (pbk.)
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_cDLC
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_beng
041 _aeng
050 1 4 _aPE 1075
_bM478s 2003
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100 1 _aMcCrum, Robert
_q(John Robert),
_d1953-
_937328
245 1 4 _aThe story of English /
_cRobert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeil.
250 _a3rd revised edition
260 _aNew York :
_bPenguin Books,
_c2003.
300 _axxi, 468 pages :
_bmaps ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [437]-438) and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: List of Maps ix -- New Introduction to the Third Edition xi -- Introduction: Speaking of English i -- 1 An English-Speaking World 9 -- 2 The Mother Tongue 46 -- 3 A Muse of Fire 90 -- 4 The Guid Scots Tongue 130 -- 5 The Loaded Weapon 170 -- 6 Black on White zo9 -- 7 Pioneers! 0 Pioneers! 251 -- 8 The Echoes of an English Voice 293 -- 9 The New Englishes 337 -- 10 Next Year's Words 375 -- Notes and Sources 395 -- Select Bibliography 437 -- Acknowledgements 439 -- Index 441.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_xHistory.
650 4 _aInglés
_xHistoria
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650 4 _aHistoria del inglés
_937498
700 1 _aCran, William
_937499
700 1 _aMacNeil, Robert,
_d1931-2024
_937501
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy034/2002029818.html
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2002029818-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0716/2002029818-d.html
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