contents
Showing 2 results:
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Format: Stream / Download
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English, Book 1
Duration 2h 46m
Melvyn Bragg looks at how English has evolved over 1,000 years, looking at the disappearance of old dialects like that of Cumbria, and how it has been enriched by foreign languages, from Latin, Old French, and then dozens more as conquest, trade and immigration played their part in recent centuries.
View Book
People and Places Complete Series 4
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Format: Stream / Download
Author Melvyn Bragg
Narrator Melvyn Bragg
SeriesRoutes of English, Book 4
Duration 2h 45m
Melvyn Bragg examines some of the many different varieties of English spoken around the world today, taking in Spanglish from the USA, Indian English, Caribbean English, Australian English, South African English, and finally a kind of "international English" used between non-native English speakers.
View Book