Mother tongue the English language

How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our dictionary? In this revealing and often hilar...

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Bibliografiska uppgifter
Huvudupphovsman:	Bryson, Bill 1951- (Författare, medförfattare, Verfasser)
Materialtyp:	Bok
Språk:	odefinierat språk
Publicerad:	London [u.a.] Penguin Books 1991
Ämnen:	Englisch Geschichte Lehrbuch Sprachverbreitung

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