Adventure Of English: The Biography Of A Language

作者 Lord Melvyn Bragg著
出版社 Hodder
出版时间 2004年9月第1版
ISBN 9780340829936
定价 102.00

内容简介

Englishisthecollectiveworkofmillionsofpeoplethroughouttheages.Itisdemocratic,ever-changingandingeniousinitsassimilationofothercultures.Englishrunsthroughtheheartofworldfinance,medicineandtheInternet,anditisunderstoodbyaroundtwothousandmillionpeopleacrosstheworld.Yetitwasverynearlywipedoutinitsearlyyears.InthisbookMelvynBraggshowsustheremarkablestoryoftheEnglishlanguage;fromitsbeginningsasaminorgutturalGermanicdialecttoitspositiontodayasatrulyestablishedgloballanguage.TheAdventureofEnglishisnotonlyanenthrallingstoryofpower,religionandtrade,butalsothestoryofpeople,andhowtheirday-to-daylivesshapedandcontinuetochangetheextraordinarylanguagethatisEnglish.

作者简介

MelvynBragg'sfirstnovel,ForWantofaNail,waspublishedin1965andsincethenhisnovelshaveincludedTheHiredMan,forwhichhewontheTime/LifeSilverPenAward,WithoutaCityWall,winneroftheJohnLlewellynRhysPrize,Credo,TheMaidofButtermereandTheSoldier'sReturn,whichwaspublishedtohugecriticalacclaimin1999andwontheWHSmithLiteraryAward.Hehasalsowrittenseveralworksofnon-fictionincludingSpeakforEngland,anoralhistoryofthetwentiethcentury,Rich,abiographyofRichardBurtonandOnGiants'Shoulders,ahistoryofsciencebasedonhisBBCradioseries.Hewasbornin1939andeducatedatWigton'sNelsonTomlinsonShoolandatOxfordwherehereadhistory.HeiscontrollerofArtsatLWTandPresidentoftheNationalCampaignfortheArts,andin1998hewasmadealifepeer.HelivesinLondonandCumbria.

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