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Author: Seth Lerer
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 023113794X

Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language

Why is there such a striking difference between English spelling and English pronunciation? How did our seemingly relatively simple grammar rules develop? What are the origins of regional dialect, literary language, and everyday speech, and what do they have to do with you? Seth Lerer's Inventing English is a masterful, engaging history of the English language from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem. Download Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. Many have written about the evolution of our grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Lerer situates these developments in the larger history of English, America, and literature.Lerer begins in the seventh century with the poet Caedmon learning to sing what would become the earliest poem in English. He then looks at Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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