英语的故事
The story of English
Robert McCrum · 初版 1986 年
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“专为大众读者撰写的《The Story of English》呈现了一部关于英语口语和书面语生动而全面的记录——从大约两千年前的盎格鲁-撒克逊起源，一直到今天英语成为在全球拥有超过十亿使用者的商业与文化主导语言。从Cockney、Scouse和Scots，到Gulla、Singlish、Franglais以及最新的非裔美国人俚语，这部纵贯古今的英语历史，是任何想要深入了解我们共同语言的人的必读入门书。”——书封折页。
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…Interpretation of Computer Programs. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.（“SICP”）Stoll, Clifford (1989) The Cuckoo's Egg. New York, NY: Doubleday. 语言学：McCrum, Robert, Robert MacNeil, William Cran (1986). The Story of English. New York, NY: Viking. https://archive.org/details/storyofenglish000mccr 会计学：无
…Interpretation of Computer Programs. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ("SICP") Stoll, Clifford (1989) The Cuckoo's Egg. New York, NY: Doubleday. Linguistics: McCrum, Robert, Robert MacNeil, William Cran (1986). The Story of English. New York, NY: Viking. https://archive.org/details/storyofenglish000mccr Accounting: n/a
…大卫·克里斯托（David Crystal）的《Stories of English》http://www.amazon.com/Stories-English-David-Crystal/dp/15856... [2] 比尔·布莱森（Bill Bryson）的《The Mother Tongue》http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Tongue-Bill-Bryson/dp/B001W6RRF... [3] 麦克拉姆（McCrum）、克兰（Cran）和麦克尼尔（MacNeil）的《The Story of English》http://www.amazon.com/Story-English-Third-Revised/dp/0142002... 这些书读起来都令人身心愉悦，我尤其喜欢 [2]。诸多因素交织在一起，才造就了英语…
…English by David Crystal http://www.amazon.com/Stories-English-David-Crystal/dp/15856... [2] The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Tongue-Bill-Bryson/dp/B001W6RRF... [3] The Story of English by McCrum, Cran, and MacNeil http://www.amazon.com/Story-English-Third-Revised/dp/0142002... All of these make a delightful read, I especially like [2]. A number of factors combined to make English…
我听过最离奇的外来语来源说法，就是日耳曼语族的强变化动词（因而也包括英语）来源于闪米特语族的动词形式。哥伦比亚大学的语言学家麦克沃特（McWhorter）在他的《Story of English》一书里就是这么主张的。
Strangest borrowing claim I heard was that Germanic strong verbs (hence English) came from Semitic language verb forms. Columbia linguist McWhorter claims this his Story of English book.