The English Is Coming

Author : Leslie Dunton-Downer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1439176728

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The English is Coming! by Leslie Dunton-Downer Pdf

English has fast become the number one language for everything from business and science, diplomacy and education, entertainment and environmentalism to socializing and beyond—virtually any human activity unfolding on a global scale. Worldwide, nonnative speakers of English now outnumber natives three to one; and in China alone, more people use English than in the United States—a remarkable feat for a language that got its start as a mongrel tongue on an island fifteen hundred years ago. Through the fascinating stories of thirty English words used and understood in nearly all corners of the globe, The English Is Coming! takes readers on an eye-opening journey across culture and commerce, war and peace, and time and space. These mini-histories shed new light on everyday words: the strange turns of fate by which their meanings evolved and their new roles as the building blocks of the first language ever to forge a global community. Exploring such familiar terms as shampoo (from a Hindi word for scalp and body hygiene long practiced in India); robot (coined by Czech painter Josef Capek for his brother Karel’s 1921 play about man-made creatures); credit (rooted in a prehistoric phrase of sacred significance: "to put heart into"); and dozens of others, Dunton-Downer reveals with clarity and humor how these linguistic artifacts embody the resilience, appeal, adoptability, and wild inclusiveness that English, through a series of historical accidents, gained on its road to worldwide reach. These words explain not only how English has managed to link our distant and often disparate pasts but also how it is propelling humankind to a future that we can, for the first time, talk about and shape in a language that now belongs to all of us: Global English. Perfect for culture buffs, armchair travelers, and language lovers alike, The English Is Coming! is sure to inspire truly global conversations for decades to come.

Author : Leslie Dunton-Downer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439176696

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The English is Coming! by Leslie Dunton-Downer Pdf

Dunton-Downer offers a lively look at the history of the English language through an in-depth study of 50 words that are now part of the global lexicon.

Author : Jill Schaefer
Publisher : Jill Schaefer author
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781463585563

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Coming of Age in California -English Style- by Jill Schaefer Pdf

"A lighthearted account of the author's true story of herself, a naive English teen, fresh from home and convent school, venturing forth with a girlfriend to the California of the nineteen-fifties."--Page 4 of cover

Author : Rick Atkinson
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781627790444

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The British Are Coming by Rick Atkinson Pdf

Winner of the George Washington Prize Winner of the Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award From the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy comes the extraordinary first volume of his new trilogy about the American Revolution Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about World War II, has long been admired for his deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative histories. Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world’s most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. The story is also told from the British perspective, making the mortal conflict between the redcoats and the rebels all the more compelling. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of our country’s creation drama.

Author : Nathaniel Cleveland Moak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063534924

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Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts by Nathaniel Cleveland Moak Pdf

Author : C. Bharati,Mira Teresa Sundara Rajan
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : India
ISBN : 0143453408

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Collected English Writings by C. Bharati,Mira Teresa Sundara Rajan Pdf

C. Subramania Bharati (1882-1921) was one of the builders of modern India. An early nationalist thinker from South India, Bharati's literary genius ignited a Renaissance in the literature of his native language, Tamil. He is known as the Mahakavi (supreme poet) of the Tamils. Bharati can lay the claim to being one of India's foremost egalitarian writers, arguing for the supremacy of women and the irrelevance of caste. The popularity of his songs during the freedom movement, long after his death, led to the government of India 'giving' the copyright of his works to the people of India as a gift. The book is a collection of the entirety of Bharati's own, original writings in English, edited and annotated with an introduction. It includes a variety of short essays and poems, journalistic pieces and historical essays--offering uniquely Indian perspectives on local, national, and international events of the day--to intensely personal journal entries exploring his fear of death, and his fascination with personal mastery of the mind and self.

Author : Francis James Child
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108076357

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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child Pdf

Published 1882-98, this ten-part work by Harvard's first professor of English became an essential resource for scholars and folklorists.

Author : David Rickerby
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781326626075

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Coming Home by David Rickerby Pdf

NORTHERN LIGHTS TRILOGY BOOK THREE All good things must end. The bad too. Peter and Stine had better hang onto each other a little while longer though if they want to avoid being hanged altogether - they've made it this far with the hounds at their heels and breaking free is their only option now. Success can lead to hubris, of this they are all too aware, but while their enemies can make mistake after mistake, they can fail only once. Yes, all things must end, good and bad. How else can a duo with this much blood on their hands hope to get a fresh start?

Author : Robert Kerr
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752361421

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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels by Robert Kerr Pdf

Reproduction of the original: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels by Robert Kerr

Author : Great Britain. Public Record Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : MINN:31951001051088U

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East Indies, China and Japan, 1617-1621 by Great Britain. Public Record Office Pdf

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0520227352

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Always Coming Home by Ursula K. Le Guin Pdf

An "ethnographic" novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high tech future but as a time of people once again living close to the land.

Author : Tony Ross
Publisher : Andersen Press (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1842707434

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I'm Coming to Get You! by Tony Ross Pdf

After wreaking havoc on the planets in its own galaxy, a horrible monster gets a big surprise when it comes to Earth and tries to capture a little boy. Suggested level: junior.

Author : William Conant Church
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 892 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : American literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101064075045

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The Galaxy by William Conant Church Pdf

Author : Peter Roberts
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0484636405

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English for Coming Americans by Peter Roberts Pdf

Excerpt from English for Coming Americans: A Rational System for Teaching English to Foreigners The course described in this book is designed for beginners. It is not adapted to foreigners who have acquired some skill in speaking, reading and writing the English language. My intention is to issue a manual descriptive of, and equipment adapted to, a course to meet the need of these men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Henry Harold Goldberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : English language
ISBN : NYPL:33433069256752

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English for Coming Citizens by Henry Harold Goldberger Pdf