The Adventure of English, 500AD to 2000: The Biography of a Language
- Author / Editor
- Bragg, Melvyn.
The Adventure of English, 500AD to 2000: The Biography of a Language
- Published
- London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003.
- Physical Description
- xii, 354 pp.; b&w and color illus.
- Description
- A narrative history of the English language that includes a chapter entitled "Chaucer" (pp.67-76) which emphasizes Chaucer's variety of linguistic registers in CT. Also published in the U. S., with the title The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language (New York: Arcade, 2004). Adapted for audio-visual presentation as The Adventure of English: The Life Story of a Remarkable Language. [Silver Spring, Md.]: Athena, 2009.
- Alternative Title
- Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies