The Adventure of English

Library Bookwatch, Dec, 2004

The Adventure Of English

Melvyn Bragg

Arcade Publishing

141 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, NY, NY 10010

1559707100 $27.951-800-759-0190 www.arcadepub.com

English as a language is a collaborative, collective language which has received contributions from millions over the ages: it changes, it's lively, and it runs the modern world. In The Adventure Of English: The Biography Of A Language, author Merlvyn Bragg informatively explores the story of the English language, ranging from its roots around AD 500 as a minor Germanic dialect to its current global position. Particularly intriguing are discussions of how elements of Latin, French, Spanish and other languages contributed to the advancement and refinement of English as a language--and how the language has spread and changed from early to modern times.