The Adventure of English, 500AD to 2000: The Biography of a Language

Author / Editor
Bragg, Melvyn.

Title
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