Author: Brigit VineyPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780194233972
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
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The History of the English Language
Author: Brigit VineyPublisher: Oxford University
ISBN: 9780194232029
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Today, English is spoken or used by nearly a quarter of all the people in the world. But who were the first speakers of the language and how has the language changed? How did English travel across the globe and how will it change in the future?Here is a story of invasion and conquest, of exploration and adventure, of poetry and literature, of business and technology. Find out how people like St Augustine, William of Normandy, William Shakespeare, Noah Webster, and many others have influenced and shaped the English language.
Author: Rowena AkinyemiEngland Level 1 Factfiles Oxford Bookworms Library
Author: John EscottPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0194630714
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by John Escott. Twenty-five million people come to England every year, and some never go out of London. But England is full of interesting places to visit and things to do. There are big noisy cities with great shops and theatres, and quiet little villages. You can visit old castles and beautiful churches - or go to festivals with music twenty-four hours a day. You can have an English afternoon tea, walk on long white beaches, watch a great game of football, or visit a country house. Yes, England has something for everybody - what has it got for you?
Author: John Escott
Author: Janet Hardy-Gould
Author: Alan McLean
Author: Jackie MaguireLondon
Author: Edward RutherfurdPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099551373
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1330
Book Description
The triumphs and failures of seven individual family clans span the history of a city from the third-century Roman occupation of Londinium through such eras as the Norman conquest and the Elizabethan period.
Author: Mary Mcintosh