The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way
ISBN-13:
9780380715435
ISBN-10:
0380715430
Edition:
Reissue
Author:
Bill Bryson
Publication date:
1990
Publisher:
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format:
Paperback
272 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780380715435
ISBN-10:
0380715430
Edition:
Reissue
Author:
Bill Bryson
Publication date:
1990
Publisher:
William Morrow Paperbacks
Format:
Paperback
272 pages
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The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way (ISBN-13: 9780380715435 and ISBN-10: 0380715430), written by authors
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With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries.
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