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When a new concept or product comes along, how does it get its name? Making up new words for new things or ideas isn't new. New words - linguists call them 'coinages' - are as old as the English language itself. Melvyn Bragg explores the history of linguistic innovation from the Middle Ages, through the inventiveness of the Industrial Revolution, to the latest creations of new technology.
Born on October 6, 1939 in The United Kingdom Melvyn Bragg is one of the most favored Language Instruction authors among our customers. Featuring a selection of popular audio books like The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language, Routes of English: Complete Series 3: Accents and Dialects and Twelve Books That Changed the World, read by well-known audio book narrators Melvyn Bragg, Patricia Hodge and Robert Powell, Melvyn Bragg has a total of 51 audiobooks in AudiobookStore.com's catalog. While The Sword and the Miracle was added to our database in 2000, making it their oldest audio book available on our website, Remember Me is the most recent addition to our selection of audio books from Bragg. All 51 audiobooks from Bragg make up over 135 hours of timeless Language Instruction stories for customers to enjoy, including Remember Me, The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language and The Sword and the Miracle. To find the audio book that best suits you, please visit their audio book page: Melvyn Bragg audiobooks.