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m Each landmark focuses on one individual associated with the key moment which helps to engage the reader and provide the history of the language with a ‘human face’. General readers with an interest in the English language and its history will also find the book engaging. Whilst focusing on the specific events and people, the book includes a broad outline of the history of English so that the reader can locate each landmark within the language’s history. An extensive introduction details the changing socio-historical setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America and beyond. This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997. Landmarks in the History of the English Language identifies twelve key landmarks spread throughout the language’s history to provide a lively and interesting introduction to the history of English. Format: PaperbackISBN: 9781802064230Publish/Release date: November 16, 2023Publisher: Penguin Books LtdNumber of pages: 1056Width (mm): 128Height (mm): 196Depth (mm): 50 A separate volume on North American English is in preparation. In addition, there are chapters on English as a literary language, English grammar and usage, and onomastics.
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Riverside
Pages hardly have any margin for notes. Though it has an unbalanced weightage in terms of content for the time until 1815 and era thereafter. Book is brilliant. The author has beautifully covered all the aspects of human society like political, social, cultural, economics, religious and military developments.
Krutik Navnit Arekar
New book arrived with slightly torn front cover It also describes the development of english language and literature through various eras. More maps would have improved it. Decent enough paperback for the price.
Kneale Grainger
Loved its comprehensiveness. Printed in Great Britain. None the less it is a comprehensive history of England for a person who wants to know who these people were and the formation and growth of their country and kingdom, how they came to build the biggest empire in the world and influence the people and civilization over the world and how in turn it affected their own.
Viraj
It is a well researched and has a balanced perspective of English history. In terms of type size and paper quality, this Penguin paperback is not as bad as Penguin's paperback of "Thinking, Fast and Slow" but not as good as in hardbacks. The book as the title suggests is a brief history of England from 600AD to the present time (2014). The period until 1815 especially the mediaeval time lacks the deep insights compared with the later period, probably must have been due to limited source material.
So if you are looking for a detailed history of England in the mediaeval time then you should probably look for a different book.
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