『英語の冒険』(原書) The Adventure of English : The Biography of a Language

Bragg, Melvyn

Arcade Pub（2004/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 322 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781559707107
• DDC分類 420.9

基本説明

邦訳：アーティストハウスパブリッシャーズ

Table of Contents

Introduction                                       ix
  1 The Common Tongue                              1  (15)
  2 The Great Escape                               16 (16)
  3 Conquest                                       32 (8)
  4 Holding On                                     40 (12)
  5 The Speech of Kings                            52 (14)
  6 Chaucer                                        66 (10)
  7 God's English                                  76 (13)
  8 English and the Language of the State          89 (10)
  9 William Tyndale's Bible                        99 (10)
10 A Renaissance of Words                          109(12)
11 Preparing the Ground                            121(11)
12 Shakespeare's English                           132(12)
13 "My America"                                    144(17)
14 Wild West Words                                 161(15)
15 Sold Down the River                             176(12)
16 Mastering the Language                          188(19)
17 The Proper Way to Talk                          207(17)
18 Steam, Streets and Slang                        224(12)
19 Indian Takeover                                 236(15)
20 The West Indies                                 251(10)
21 Advance Australia                               261(11)
22 Warts and All                                   272(9)
23 All Over the World                              281(9)
24 And Now...?                                     290(7)
Acknowledgments                                    297(4)
Picture Acknowledgments                            301(2)
Bibliography                                       303(10)
Index                                              313