num_pages: 584
description: How did a language originally spoken by a few thousand Anglo-Saxons become one used by more than 1,500 million people? How have all the different versions of English evolved and changed? In this compelling global tour, David Crystal turns the history of the language on its head and tells the real stories of English that have never been fully told.
language: English
title: The Stories of English
titlecomplete: The Stories of English
genres: History, School, Reference, Academic, Writing, Cultural, Language, Linguistics, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 1371
publisher: Penguin Books